CONTENTS, 9 



Easier to breed beauty than speed — The standard craze — The French 

 ahead of Americans as regards general horse breeding — Selecting 

 breeding stock — American Trotter the most modern breed — Color 



— Rysdyk's Hambletonian and his best sons — Mambrino Chief — 

 Blue Bull — Early foals preferable — Good care important, . 177 



CHAPTER XXII. 

 OLD-TIME TROTTERS. 



Topgallant — Ripton — Lady Suffolk — Flora Temple — Ethan Allen — 

 Geo. M. Patchen — Geo. Wilkes — Goldsmith Maid — American Girl 



— Betting on races — Dutchman — Americus — Columbus — Lady 

 Suffolk, In Memoriam, . 189 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

 FLORA TEMPLE. 



Pedigree and place of breeding — Sale to Wm. H. Congdon for $13 at 4 

 years old — Her sale to Jonathan Vielee — Sale to Geo. E. Perrin of 

 New York city — Her first race (in 1850) — Her peculiar race against 

 Whitehall, Delaware Maid, Napoleon, and Hiram — Her races in 1852 



— Her sale in 1852 for $1,000 — Her 21 races in 1853 — Flora's great 

 race against Lancet for $3,000 — Flora's sale in 1858 for $8,000 — Her 

 best race of her life was in 1860 against Geo. M. Patchen when she 

 won three straight heats by a throatlatch — Flora's last race was in 

 1861 — Flora was confiscated to the U. S. government in 1861 — Sold 



in 1864 for $8,000 when 19 years old, . . . 199 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 ETHAN ALLEN. 



Color and description — Breeding — A natural-born trotter — Eighteen 

 years on the trotting turf — His great race against Dexter in 1867 — 

 Crowned King of the Morgans — King of all trotting stallions of his 

 day — His success in the stud — His death in 1876 — Ethan Allen, 

 In Memoriam, .... . 209 



GOLDSMITH MAID. 

 Her breeding and pedigree — Sold at 8 years for $350 — Her purchase by 

 Alden Goldsmith — Sold in 1870, when 13 years old, for $35,000 — 

 Her races in 1871 — In 1874 she lowered the trotting record of the 

 world to 2:14 — Trotted in 2:14 at 20 years old — Retired to the 

 breeding stud in 1876 — Goldsmith Maid, In Memoriam, . . .211 



CHAPTER XXV. 

 GEORGE M. PATCHEN. 



Foaled 1849 — Pedigree — Distanced by Ethan Allen 1858 — Unfinished 

 race with Flora Temple in 1859 — Defeated Ethan Allen in 1860 — 

 His last race 1860 with Flora Temple — Died in 1864 — Sire of the 

 campaigners Geo. M. Patchen, Jr., and Lucy, . ... 215 



