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In the spring of eighteen hundred and fifty-two he 

 was offered for service to a limited number of mares at 

 twenty-five dollars to insure a colt. While we cannot 

 assert that the practice of limiting the number of 

 mares to be served during the season was inaugurated 

 by Mr. Rysdyk at this time, yet it is a fact which can- 

 not be gainsayed, that his example has been rigidly 

 followed ever since by the owners of stallions in their 

 advertisements at least. During this season he served 

 seventeen mares and got thirteen colts. In the fall he 

 was taken to the Island to be trained as a trotter, and 

 after going through a term of three months of this 

 kind of education, he returned to Chester, without 

 having made any public record of his performance 

 upon the turf Notwithstanding the assertion of the 

 renowned Hiram Woodruff, that the Abdallahs could 

 endure more early training than almost any other 

 breed of horses, we are credibly informed that this son 

 of Abdallah was retired from the turf thus early in 

 consequence of his inability to withstand its severe 

 exactions. 



