123 



MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



being Daniel Lambert, himself the sire of 38 trotters. 

 It is of interest to note that the sire of Daniel Lambert's 

 dam was Abdallah L the sire of Hambletonian 10. 



In 1906, the United States government, in co-operation 

 with the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, estab- 

 lished a stud of Morgans, where experimental work is 



being conducted with 

 a view of preserving 

 the Morgan type at 

 its best, including 

 conformation, endur- 

 ance and ruggedness, 

 for which they have 

 been noted. General 

 Gates, the pure Mor- 

 gan at the head of 

 the stud, is black in 

 color, 14 hands 2^ 

 inches high and 

 weighing about 1,000 

 pounds. In 1904, the 

 United States gov- 

 ernment, in co-operation with the Colorado Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, established a stud with the object of 

 evolving a breed of carriage horses from American ma- 

 terial. The Standardbred stallion Carmon, a descendant 

 of Justin Morgan, is at the head of the stud. He is beau- 

 tiful bay in color, 16 hands high and weighs 1,200 pounds. 

 The Mambrino family. — This family takes its name 

 from Mambrino Chief, by Mambrino Paymaster, by Mam- 

 brino, by Messenger. Mambrino Chief's dam is Un- 

 traced. He was born in 1844, ^ dark brown, standing 16 

 hands high and said to be rather coarse. He was taken 

 to Kentucky in 1854 and placed in the stud. His noted 

 son, Mambrino Patchen, sired 25 standard trotters, while 

 his daughter Dolly was the dam of Onward, Director 

 and Thorndale, three famous animals. Mambrino King, 



Fig. 73. — Standardbred Stallion "Carmon" 

 At the head of the Ft. Collins stud 



