34 DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN HORSE 



The Hambletonian family, already alluded to as founded by 

 Rysdeck's Hambletonian, is the most important family of trotters. 

 Indeed, practically all American trotters now carry a considerable 

 portion of this blood. The leading sons of Hambletonian were, 

 George Wilkes, Electioneer, Alexander's Abdallah, Dictator and 

 Happy Medium. 



Among the greatest breeders of trotting horses the late Hon 

 Leland Stanford of Palo Alto, Cal., and Cicero J. Hamlin of 

 Buffalo, N. Y., were conspicuous. 



Trotting speed has developed within a century in a marked 

 degree, as shown by the following records for one mile. Although 

 many trotttng horses in America and Europe had shown ability to 

 trot races of four to twenty miles at good speed in the eighteenth 

 century, and perhaps earlier, no record of a mile trotted faster than 

 three minutes was made before 1 806. That year Yankee trotted 

 a mile over the Harlem, N. Y., half-mile track in 2.59. This 

 record was gradually lowered till in 1 845 Lady Suffolk trotted a 

 race mile at Hoboken, N. J., in 2.29%. Flora Temple was the 

 first horse to beat 2.20, which she did in 1859 at Kalamazoo, 

 Mich., trotting in 2.19%. 



In 1 867, Dexter trotted a mile in 2.17^ 



In 1874, Goldsmith Maid trotted a mile in 2.14 



In 1 878, Rarus trotted a mile in 2.13^ 



In 1 879, St. Julien trotted a mile in 2.12]^ 



In 1884, Jay Eye See trotted a mile in 2.10 



In 1885. Mauds, trotted a mile in 2.08| 



In 1889, Sunol (3) trotted a mile in 2J0i 



In 1892, Nancy Hanks trotted a mile in 2.04 



In 1894, Alix trotted a mile in 2.03 1 



In 1900, The Abbott trotted a mile in 2.03^ 



In 1 902,' Cresceus trotted a mile in 2.02^ 



In 1903, Major Delmar trotted a mile in 1.59| 



In 1903, Lou Dillon trotted a mile in 1.58i 



*' Your Bickmore's Qall Cure is the only Qall Cure I ever used that would 

 cure up collar galls rvhile I continued to work, ihe horse. 



9^. 6- Barrett, T>ry Creek, ^- Va- " 



