THE LIGHT—-HARNESS BREEDS OF HORSES 85 
states that were trotting-horse centers at that early day, 
and blended well with the other families that were form- 
ing. The Morgans were well under way at.this era. The 
three sons that formed leading branches of the family were 
Sherman, foaled in 1809, Bulrush, foaled in 1812, and 
Woodbury, foaled in 1816. Then, too, the Bashaws and 
the Clays were starting under way; for Grand Bashaw 
was imported in 1820. He sired Andrew Jackson, foaled 
in 1728, which, in turn, sired Henry Clay and Long Island 
Black Hawk, both foaled in 1837. The latter sired Green’s 
Bashaw in 1855. Andrew Jackson ranked and was con- 
temporaneous with Abdallah, the latter being foaled in 
1823. <A little later Mambrino Chief 11 was foaled in 
1844, and five years later, in 1849, Hambletonian 10 was 
born. 
It is seen that about the middle of the past century 
the leading families of the Standardbred trotter had their 
inception, and the breed began to assume formation on 
this continent, for the chief families, the Canadian Pilots 
and others of that nationality, the Morgans, the Clays, 
the Mambrino Chiefs and the Hambletonians, were mak- 
ing it evident that there were certain blood lines more 
prolific than others in producing trotting speed. 
91. Early trotting records. — The first trotting per- 
formance in America of which we have record is that of 
Yankee, at Harlem, New York, July 6, 1806, when a little 
less than a mile was trotted in 2:50. In 1859, Ethan Allen, 
of the Morgan line, trotted against Flora Temple, when 
the latter trotted a mile in 2:25. In the same year, 
George M. Patchen beat Ethan Allen in 2:24, and in 
turn was beaten by Flora Temple in 2:21. Dexter, which 
began his racing career in 1864, defeated George Wilkes 
in 2:224. According to official records, Lady Suffolk 
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