OHAPTEE XXIII. 



DESCENDANTS OF MAMBRINO CHIEF. 



Mambrino Chief went to Kentucky in the spring of 1854. His 

 home for the first years of his Kentucky life was at Ashland, a place 

 celebrated in the history of this country as the home of the great and 

 honored Henry Clay. 



This place, made famous by the residence of the illustrious orator 

 and statesman, is located about one mile east of the city of Lexing- 

 ton, and in full view of the monument, which stands in the cemetery 

 on the western limits of the city, and commemorates the fame of 

 Kentucky's great son. At Ashland, the great trotting sire was kept 

 until 1857, when he Avas sold to Messrs. Gray & Jones, of Woodford 

 county, and was taken to the place of Col. Jones, and remained there 

 until his death in 18G1. 



As the fame of Mambrino Chief may be said to have commenced 

 with that of his great daughter, Lady Thorn, I begin my sketch of 

 his produce with his daughters, and first of all others, the mare of 

 wonderful organism and high renown, 



LADY THORIT. 



She was foaled in 1856, and consequently came from the second 

 year's service of the Chief. So much has been written concerning the 

 history of this mare that I shall not attempt to rewrite it in full, but 

 shall avail myself of parts and portions of that which has been 

 wnritten by others, and shall present full extracts taken from two 

 sketches that have been given to the public, one by Dr. L. Herr, of 

 Lexington, Kentvicky, and the other by J. H. Sanders, editor of the 

 National Llve-iStock Journal. Dr. Herr was the early owner and 

 trainer of the mare, and while these pages are not devoted to the 

 personal history and character of owners or breeders of horses, I 

 deetn it proper to make some reference to one whose life and pro- 

 fessional attainments have so intimately associated him with th^ 



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