NOTABLE TROTTERS 



From an article in Spirit of the Times Feb., 14, fSSj. 



MlDDLEBURY, VT., Feb. 2. 



A few weeks since there was an article in a Western journal, under the above head, pur- 

 porting to give a list of all horses that have trotted fifty or more races each. The table sug- 

 gested a subject of much interest, but proved to be very inaccurate and incomplete, and, be- 

 sides, did not give the blood of the trotters, in which is the principal lesson for breeders. It 

 gave a list of eighty-three. 



The following is submitted as a complete list of such trotters, so far as can be derived 

 from known data. The division into families is by direct male line. ' The word " Hamble- 

 tonian " refers only to those descended from Rysdyk's Hambletonian. The classification 

 "Unknown" includes the following partially known, viz. : American Stars Lady Star (Capi- 

 tola), Little Sioux, Star, St. Cloud, Tom Keeler; Blue Bulls Effie G., Will Cody; Hiatogas 

 Big Soap, Lew Scott; Copperbottom Loafer; Tom Hal Little Gypsy. All in the list of 

 "Other Messengers" are from Mambrino except Joker and Joe Ripley, which trace to 

 Bishop Hamiltonian. Of Bashaws, all are Clays except five, Carrie X., Cozette, John H., 

 Harry Gilbert and Miller's Damsel. 



These records are mainly compiled from " Chesters Complete Trotting and Pacing 

 Record ", published May, 1884, but include some of the races trotted season of 1884. From 

 the index of sires which Mr. Chester gives at the end of the Volume it appear that the whole 

 number of trotters whose races are given in the book amount to something over 6000. Of 

 these a little over 1700 are Hambletonians; there are 657 other Messengers making a total 

 of 2369 that trace in male line to Messenger. There are 762 Black Hawks, and 453 other 

 Morgans or a total of 1215 that trace in male line to Justin Morgan. There are about 700 

 that trace in male line to Canadian sires, and the same number of Bashaws, with something over 

 300 which trace to Thoroughbred sires, other than above mentioned, and about 1000 whose 

 tracing is not certain. The showing is certainly very creditable to the Morgan family, both 

 in its total and in proportion to its number of trotters, and is equally so to the Canadian that 

 in undoubledly composed largely of Morgan blood. 



The blood of dams, so far as known is also given and here the preponderence of Morgan 

 blood is still more pronounced. The whole is certainly a magnificent showing for the remark- 

 able speed and extraordinary endurance of this most popular family. 



MORGAN FAMILY FIRST, BLACK HAWKS. 



