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IAPPY MEDIUM is a very handsome bay 

 stallion, 15J hands high, with two white hind 

 feet, star in the forehead, and snip on the nose. 

 He was foaled in 1863, and bred by R. F. 

 Galloway, Esq., of Rockland County, N. Y. His sire was 

 the world-renowned Rysdyk's Hambletonian, and his dam 

 was the celebrated trotting mare Princess. She was sired 

 by Andrew's Hambletonian, son of Judson's Hambletonian, 

 by Bishop's Hambletonian. 



Princess trotted in California on consecutive days, two 

 ten-mile races, both to wagons, winning easily an immense 

 stake of $35,000, in 29:10 J and 29:16i. She subsequently 

 beat the famous Queen of the Turf, Flora Temple, in a 

 two-mile-heat race, in 5:02. Her private trial of 2:17 to 

 wagon can be well authenticated by affidavits from such 

 gentlemen as David Gage, Esq., of Chicago ; J. W. Simp- 

 son, Esq.; 0. M. Dimick, Esq., and A. Daniel, Esq. 



When six years old, and with but eight days' training, 

 Happy Medium trotted at Paterson, N. J., September 15, 

 1869, against Guy Miller and, Honesty. In the first heat 

 Honesty was distanced in 2:34J, and in the second heat 

 Guy Miller was left beyond the flag in 2:32J. This was 

 Happy Medium's only appearance on the turf since then 

 he has been used altogether in the stud. Before Mr. Gallo- 

 way disposed of him, he states positively that he had driven 

 him quarters in 35 seconds, to a wagon carrying two hun- 

 dred and fifty pounds. 



The following list, which is but a partial one, of the 

 produce of Happy Medium, with a brief account of their 

 performances, both public and private, shows most conclu- 

 sively that he is to-day a most successful sire of trotters : 

 Milton Medium, Fleetwood, Baron Luff, Sans Souci, Happy 

 Thought, Alice Medium, Frank Ellis, Dixon, Odd Stock- 

 ing, Happy Medium, Jr., Jennie, Minnie Medium, Harry 

 Ward, Blaze Medium, Rose Medium, Blanche Medium, 

 the Gillender Mare aud Brigadier. 



The five-year-old bay stallion Milton Medium won a race 

 at Suffolk Park, Philadelphia, in July last, in 2:372:36 

 2:37, over a strong field of horses, consisting of Marshal 

 Ney, Jennie R., Bianca Strife, Carl Burr, and Sand Bank. 

 Two days subsequently he trotted another race, and made 

 a record of 2:31 in the third heat. Since then Milton 

 Medium has been purchased for $5000, by J. S. Menden- 

 hall, Esq., of Clarion County, Pennsylvania. 



Baron Luff was the winner of Prospect Park colt stake, 

 in a walk-over. Last fall he was driven in a race by John 

 H. Phillips, Esq., of Suffolk Park, over the half-mile track 

 at Elmira, New York, and won in three straight heats in 

 2:29 J 2:32 2:31 



Sans Souci and Alice Medium are full sisters to Baron 

 Luff. They neither of them have ever started in a race, 



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but Mr. Phillips has frequently given them trials in public 

 in 2:30. 



Harry Ward, another son of Happy Medium, trotted in 

 his four-year-old form at Spring Valley, N. Y., and made a 

 record of 2:42. 



The black colt Dixon, before Jie became lame by an 

 injury to one of his feet, was thought by horsemen to be 

 the fastest colt of his age in the United States. His four- 

 year-old record was 2.36J. At the same age he trotted a 

 trial in 2:27. 



The bay stallion Frank Ellis, bred and owned by Mr. 

 Galloway, obtained a four-year-old record of 2:37. Last 

 summer, in his five-year-old form, he reduced his record to 

 2:33, over a half-mile track at Ambler, where he distanced 

 a strong field of horses. 



Fleetwood, a bay stallion, owned by James McKee, Esq., 

 of Paterson, N. J., last summer won five out of seven races. 

 At Point Breeze Park, Philadelphia, he got a record of 

 2:29 in a third heat. His owner and driver has repeatedly 

 speeded him a half-mile in 1:10. Mr. McKee also owns 

 Jennie, a five-year-old mare, with a record of 2:40. He is 

 confident that she can now beat 2:30. 



Happy Thought, owned by Messrs. Palmer and Morgan, 

 of Connecticut, has a three-year-old record of 2:40. This 

 is one of the best known of Happy Medium's colts. The 

 record was made in the " Charter Oak Colt Stake," at 

 Hartford, Conn., October 13, 1875. His competitors 

 were finely bred animals Adriana, by Messenger Duroc ; 

 Dustin, by Reeve's Tommy, son of Thomas Jefferson. 

 Happy Thought beat them in two heats, 2:43 and 2:40. 

 Many accomplished horsemen and reliable judges, who wit- 

 nessed the performance, were of the opinion, that had 

 Happy Thought been forced, he would have eclipsed the 

 three-year-old record of Lady Stout. 



Odd Stocking has a four-year-old record of 2:45 ; she 

 was sold at that age for a large price, under the guarantee 

 to show 2:30. 



Happy Medium, Jr., four years old, has a record of 

 2:44*. 



Blaze Medium obtained a record of 2:41 at three years 

 old, and 2:40 over a half-mile track at four years old. 



Minnie Medium, a four-year-old filly, trotted a race at 

 Suffolk Park in July last, and got a record of 2:40. 



At Colonel Penistan's late sale of blooded stock in Ken- 

 tucky, the bay colt Brigadier, a three-year-old son of Happy 

 Medium, was sold for the highest price ($1,250) of any 

 horse on the extensive catalogue. Brigadier had been 

 broken to harness but two months, and had shown quarters 

 in 37 seconds. 



Mr. Turner subsequently sold Brigadier for a handsome 

 profit, to go to California. 



