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is also on Mr. McEoberts' farm. He is by Venture out of 

 Nannie Thorne, a well-bred daughter of Hamlet, her dam 

 being by Seeley' s American Star. To show the potency of 

 her blood, it is only necessary to say that she is the dam of 

 Thornless, whose record is better than 2:20, and who I saw 

 trot a mile in 2:16| last year, and of Little Thorn, that is 

 also standard by performance. Chelmsford, another son of 

 Venture is out of Gypsy, daughter of Mambrino Pilot Jr., 

 her first dam being by Royal Revenge, her second dam bj^ 

 Simpson' s Blackbird, both horses of remarkable individii- 

 alitj themselves, and with power to impart speed at the trot. 



In brood-mares, Mr. McRoberts' collection is a choice 

 one, Nannie Thorne being at the head, and from her he has 

 secured two fillies that are very fast. Josephine, another 

 brood-maie, is by Louis Napoleon, sire of Jerome Eddy, 

 2:16|-, and her four-year-old daughter Delphine by Venture 

 can already show a better than 2:30 gait. Bessie Rysdyk 

 is by William Rysdyk. One of her foals is a three-year- 

 old pacer called Pamela, whose s'l^eed is something phenom- 

 enal. Indian Queen is by Indian Chief, that has given us 

 Lady de Jarhette, and her dam is by Selim, sire of S ranger, 

 2:28^. She lias a four-year-old by Grand Sentinel that can 

 beat 2:30. Halca is a full sister to Tlieta, that has a record 

 better than 2:30, and that is best of the Almont Rattler 

 family. Heroine is full of Morgan blood, being by Leon 

 by Anthony Wayne, out of a mare by Vermont Hero, son 

 of Sherman's Blackhawk. 



It will be seen that in the breeding of road-horses Mr. 

 McRoberts has not in his opei ations confined himself to one 

 family, but has selected his brood-mares from the most ap- 

 proved strains of trotting blood, that have been tested by 

 performance and not found wanting for the purpose of as- 

 certaining which strain was best to accomplish his purpose 

 in breeding. He has bred six horses that can beat 2:30, and 

 the success of his operations has but just begun. 



A. J. McKimmin is one of the " befoh the wall, sah" 

 Southerners. His first appearance in the North was in con- 



