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and of the dam of the once champion trotting 

 stallion, Phallas, 2.13^, was another prepotent son 

 of Mambrino Chief. Kentucky Prince was at 

 the head of the famous Stony Ford stud of 

 Charles Backman, and the fastest trotter from 

 his loins was Guy, 2.09I. Ninety-eight of his 

 daughters are dams of speed. 



Dolly, a daughter of Mambrino Chief, is in 

 the great brood mare list as the dam of Onward, 

 Director, and Thorndale, all famous speed-pro- 

 ducing stallions. Beuzetta, 2.o6f, and Onward 

 Silver, 2.05^, are the fastest trotters by Onward ; 

 and Directum, 2.05J, is the best of the get of 

 Director. Dolly was a very plain mare, and the 

 memory of her, as I saw her in the summer of 

 1877 standing on the banks of the Elkhorn, with 

 Director, then a tiny bit of flesh, by her side, is 

 as vivid as if the scene belonged to the canvas 

 of yesterday. How a mare of her severe outline 

 could become such a fountain of speed is one 

 of the problems that frequently confronts the 

 student of breeding. The Mambrino that sired 

 Abdallah, the sire of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, 

 was the sire of Mambrino Paymaster, the sire of 

 Mambrino Chief, and when the descendants of 

 Hambletonian and Mambrino Chief were joined, 



