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long, and gracefully rounded off, the shoulders strong 
and thrown back well, the withers well in place and 
top muscular, the ribs round and loins superb, the 
erupper long and broad, limbs exceedingly fine, the 
joints powerful, the tail carried majestically, and all 
the movements high and spirited, —imagine all this, 
and you will have an idea of this stallion. He is as 
fine, if we look at him in front, as he is in his hind 
quarters, the whole animal being an embodiment of 
purity of lines, elegance, and elasticity. He is in fact 
perfection.” 
Some years ago Mambrino King was stigmatized by 
many practical horsemen, whose ideal trotter was a 
coarse-bred brute, as the Dude Stallion; but since his 
sons and daughters have displayed both speed and 
gameness in numerous hard fought races, Mambrino 
King’s solid qualities are no longer questioned. 
Having, then, such horses as Mambrino King, as 
Quartermaster,! Alcantara,? Ivy wood,’ and many others 
like them, it seems absurd that we should import for 
our driving hackneys from England, which do not sur- 
pass the American horses just mentioned in any re- 
spect, and are far inferior to them in speed. In this 
connection I will quote a remark from the present 
Duke of Marlborough’s account of his visit to the stock 
farms of Kentucky. “The small farmer,” he says, 
“drives an animal that would leave the English farmer 
on his way to market in the last parish, while the 
amateur can buy for £150 to £200 a pair of animals 
which could not be obtained in England for double the 
1 A great-grandson of Mambrino Patchen, sired by Alcyone, a 
son of George Wilkes. 
2 A grandson of Mambrino Patchen, own brother to Alcyone. 
2 A son of Wedgewood. 
