3i0 TRAINING THE TROTTING HORSE. 



famous horse of the Clav line and the founder of the Patchen 

 family. 



Other noted sires of the Clav line are Cassius M, Clay, 22; his son 

 American Clay, Harry Clay, The Moor, and his son Sultan, etc. The 

 dam of Old Henry Clay was Surrey, a Canadian trotting-mare of 

 unknown blood. The whole Clay family has been charged with a 

 lack of stamina, a charge unduly pressed and exaggerated, and some 

 theorists imagine they find an explanation in the blood of Surrey. Be 

 this as it may, Clay blood, as an auxiliary to Hambletonian strains, 

 has produced the grandest results. Long Island Black Hawk was a 

 trotter and a sire of some merit. The best line from him is through 

 his grandson, the great Iowa horse, Green's Bashaw. The dam of 

 Green's Bashaw was a half-sister to Eysdyk's Hambletonian, she 

 being out of the Charles Kent mare by Bellfounder. 



The next noted family of trotters, the Black Hawks, frequently 

 called Morgans, properly originated in Vermont Black Hawk, a horse 

 whose breeding has never been satisfactorily established, and is still 

 seriously questioned. The generally accepted version is that he was 

 got by Sherman Morgan, son of Justin Morgan, a pony-built horse 

 of unknown blood, from whose loins came an excellent class of road- 

 horses. The descendants of Justin Morgan had the showy, trappy 

 gait, conformation and other characteristics that find their counterpart 

 in certain Canadian families, and after duly weighing all the facts 

 presented as to his history, I think the most reasonable conclusion is 

 that he was of Canadian descent. 



Vermont Black Hawk, the true progenitor of the so-called Morgan 

 family of trotters, was foaled in 1833, near Durham, New Hampshire, 

 and, as I have said, is represented to be by Sherman Morgan. He 

 was able to trot close to 2:40, but his reputed sire, if witnesses speak 

 truly, '' could not trot fast enough to go to mill." From Black Hawk 

 comes the Ethan Allen family, the Gen. Knox family, and other less 

 prominent lines. This trotting-line reaches its highest plane in the 

 family of Daniel Laml)ert, son of Ethan Allen. Daniel Lambert 

 must be ranked little inferior as a producer of speed to any horse that 

 ever lived. His family has undoubtedly suffered through injudicious 

 crosses. Had his blood been better reinforced with the Hambletonian 

 strain, supplying certain essentials which in itself is lacking, better 

 results would have been produced. It is important to note that 

 Daniel Lambert's dam was a daughter of Abdallah, the sire of Rys- 

 dyk's Hambletonian, and from this fact, coupled with the knowledge 



