VIII 



DANIEL LAMBERT 



Daniel Lambert was one of the greatest speed sires of the world 

 and also got many colts of extraordinary beauty. He was a light 

 chestnut or sorrel with stripe in the face and left hind foot white, 

 flaxen mane and tail ; bred by William H. Cook, Ticonderoga, New 

 York; got by Ethan Allen, and foaled in 1858. His height was 

 nearly fifteen and a half hands, and he weighed ten hundred and thirty 

 pounds. His dam was Fanny Cook, a high-strung, handsome chest- 

 nut mare, bred by Montfort Van Kleek, Chester, New York, got by 

 Abdallah, son of Mambrino ; second dam described by David Rowe, 

 Chester, New York, who knew her well, as a chestnut, high strung, a 

 natural trotter, bred by Montfort Van Kleek, then living in Dutchess 

 county, New York, got by Stockholm's American Star, son of Duroc, 

 by imported Diomed ; third dam bought by Montfort Van Kleek in 

 Dutchess county, New York, breeder and breeding unknown. The 

 statement that this third dam was by a horse called Red Bird is entirely 

 without foundation. 



Daniel Lambert was thus described by S. W. Parlin, Esq., 

 Boston: "He is a remarkably handsome, active, well-preserved horse 

 of his age. When in his prime no horse could be found to compare 

 with him in beauty of form, elegance of style, grace of carriage, ease and 

 elasticity of gait, excellence of quality, and fineness of finish com- 

 bined. He is of the Morgan pattern, standing about fifteen hands ; 

 has a neat, bony head ; large, expressive eyes, set well apart ; short, 

 lively ears, always carried erect ; clean-cut throttle ; handsomely- 

 arched neck of good length, well set upon strong, oblique shoulders, 

 giving him naturally an upheaded, lofty appearance. His back is of 

 medium length, and very strong; ribs well sprung from the spine, 

 giving him a round barrel, which is deep, of good length, and ribbed 

 closely to the hips ; loin broad and well muscled ; coupling strong and 

 smooth ; hips long and roundly turned ; rump rather straight, the 

 whirlbone and tail being set high ; quarters well muscled ; hocks well 

 let down ; forearms long, broad and muscular ; cannons short, the bone 



