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better than 2:30, out of Fanny Jackson by Stonewall, her 

 flam being Betty Condon by North American. Venture's 

 dam was Kate by Abraham; and his second dam was Pollyv 

 Cook by Vermont Blackhawk. Abraham is a kou of Daniel 

 Lambert, and as Vermont Blackhawk is of the same strain 

 of blood that produced Ethan Allen, sire of Daniel Lambert, 

 it will be seen that the pedigree is a x>henomenally rich one 

 in Morgan blood, especially when it is added, also that the 

 second dam of Venture was a Morgan mare. 



The Morgans are typical road-horses and the Lamberts 

 are kings of the Morgan family, so that in Venture Mr. 

 McRoberts has the essence of blood that has amply proved 

 itself by far the best for the purpose for which he has used 

 it. He does not claim that he is a breeder of race-horses, 

 believing that if they have any speed at the trot, they will 

 show it for themselves, but in the matter of gentlemen' s 

 horses for road driving, he 1 akes second place to nobody. An- 

 other wonderfully well-bred stallion on the McRoberts place 

 is Wanderer, a son of Grand Sentinel, which last-named liorse 

 has been previously referred to in these pages. The first dam 

 of Wanderer was Agatha by Abdallah Mambrino, son of 

 Almont, and her dam was by Goldsmith, a son of Rysdyk's 

 Hambletonian. This is performing trotting blood on all 

 sides, as Grand Sentinel was by a full brother to Volunteer, 

 and out of a mare by Mambrino Pilot, one of the best sons 

 of Pilot Jr., and that, in addition to being well bred was a 

 trotter himself , and sired two such famous ones as Mambrino 

 (xift, 2:20, and Ilannis, 2:17^, Mambrino Gift being the first 

 stallion to trot in 2:20, while Hannis made a rej)utation that 

 is natural. Looking in another direction, Mr. McRoberts 

 saw how x:)otent had been the blood of Mambrino Patchen 

 in the production of 2:30 trotters, and with this in mind he 

 I)urchased Mambrino Empire, by Empire, a son of ]\fam- 

 brino Patchen. Empire' s dam was the famous mare Favorite 

 by Alexander' s Abdallah, dam of Favorite Wilkes and othei- 

 well-known horses. Mambrino Empire is out of Casella, by 

 Mambrino Bashaw, grandson of Mambrino Pilot. Cunard 



