8TDD BOOK 88 



THE SONS 



OLD HAMBLETONIAN. 



In view of the length of time in which Hamble- 

 tonian has been at the stud, and of the vast number 

 of colts of which, during that time, he has become the 

 sire — as portrayed by the preceding article — it cannot 

 be expected that we will give more than a passing 

 notice of a few of the many celebrated stallions which 

 have sprung from his loins ; and the first we will 

 mention 



Alexander's JBEambletonian. 



This horse — or as he is more familiarly known in 

 Orange County — Edsall's Hambletonian, was, as we 

 have previously remarked, one of Hambletonian's 

 first get, having been foaled in the year eighteen hun- 



