1 20 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



and the dam of Axtell, 2.12, both sensational 

 trotters and the heads of speedy tribes. From 

 another son, Mambrino King, came track per- 

 formers of the fastest and most resolute type, such 

 as Lord Derby, 2.o5f; Nightingale, 2.08; Dare 

 Devil, 2.09; Heir at Law, 2.12; and Mocking 

 Bird, 2.i6f. We owe to the daughters of Mam- 

 brino King record-breaking trotters like The Ab- 

 bot, 2.03^, and The Monk, 2.05f. The symmetry 

 of Mambrino Patchen was transmitted to Mam- 

 brino King, intensified by Belle Thornton (dam of 

 Mambrino King), a daughter of Edwin Forrest 

 and Brown Kitty by Birmingham by Stockholder 

 by Sir Archy. In his prime Mambrino King 

 was pronounced by competent critics the hand- 

 somest horse in the world, and when led into the 

 show ring he never failed to become the focus 

 of admiring eyes. Usually he retired from the 

 arena with the blue rosette, the highest award of 

 honor. His influence upon the trotting horse of 

 America was marked because he demonstrated to 

 the world the advantage of combining beauty and 

 courage with speed. The form of his maternal 

 ancestor, the dam of Goliah and Mambrino Chief, 

 was changed by the submerging currents of Mam- 

 brino, imported Paymaster, American Eclipse, 



