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is also on Mr. McRoberts' farm. He is l)y Venture out of 

 Nannie Thorne, a well-bred daughter of Hamlet, her dam 

 being by Seeley' s American Star. To show the potency of 

 her blood, it is only necessary to say that she is the dam of 

 Thornless, whose record is better than 2:20, and who I saw 

 trot a mile in 2:16f last year, and of Little Thorn, that is 

 also standard by performance. Chelmsford, another son of 

 Venture is out of Grypsj^, daughter of Mambrino Pilot Jr., 

 her iirst dam l^eing by Royal Revenge, her second dam by 

 Simpson's Blackbird, both horses of remarkable individu- 

 ality themselves, and with power to impart speed at the trot. 



In brood-mares, Mr. McRoberts' collection is a choice 

 one, Nannie Thorne being at the head, and from her he has 

 secured two fillies that are very fast. Josephine, another 

 brood-mare, is by Louis Naj^oleon, sire of Jerome Eddy, 

 2:16^, and her four-year-old daughter Delphine by Venture 

 can already show a better than 2:30 gait. Bessie Rysdyk 

 is by William Rysdyk. One of her foals is a three-year- 

 old pacer called Pamela, whose speed is something phenom- 

 enal. Indian Queen is by Indian Chief, that has given us 

 Lady de Jarnette, and her dam is by Selim, sire of S: ranger, 

 2:28^. She has a four-year-old by Grand Sentinel that can 

 beat 2:30. Halca is a full sister to Theta, that has a record 

 better than 2:30, and that is best of the Almont Rattler 

 family. Heroine is full of Morgan blood, being by Leon 

 by Anthony Wayne, out of a mare by A^ermont Hero, son 

 of Sherman's Blackhawk. 



It will be seen that in the breeding of road-horses Mr. 

 McRoberts has not in his opeiations confined himself to one 

 family, but has selected his brood-mares from the most ap- 

 proved strains of trotting blood, that have been tested by 

 performance and not found wanting for the purpose of as- 

 certaining which strain was best to accomplish his purpose 

 in breeding. He has bred six liorses that can beat 2:30, and 

 the success of his operations has but just begun. 



A. J. McKimmin is one of the " befoh the wah, sah" 

 Southerners. His first appearance in the North was in con- 



