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occurs Arabian, Turk, and Barb blood. He is but four generations 

 from the Darley Arabian. The Original Shales sired among 

 others one son, Scot Shales (692), that proved a great breeder, 

 although not famous for speed. He was noted for getting " good 

 stock out of common mares." In 1782 he was "justly esteemed 

 the best stallion known to get good road horses." The Original 

 Shales was also sire of Driver (187), that proved a great breeder. 

 Coming along after these, as important factors in Hackney 

 developrnent and history, were the . following : Fireaway (201) 

 (Jenkinson's), foaled in 1780; Fireaway (203) (West's); Fire- 

 away (211) (Flanders'); Pretender (596) (Wroot's) ; Fireaway 

 (208) (Burgess'); Bellfounder (52) (Stevens'); Bellfounder (55) 

 (Jary's), imported to America in 1822; Wildfire (864) (Rams- 

 dale's) ; The Norfolk Cob (475) ; The Norfolk Phenomenon (522) ; 

 Phenomenon (573) (Ramsdale's), foakd in 1835 ; Sir Charles 

 Beal's (768),'foaled in 1843; Denmark (177) (Bourdas'), -foaled 

 in 1862; Danegelt (174), foaled in 1879 and died in 1894. 

 During the past fifty years the blood of Denmark and Danegelt 

 has been most potent in Hackney history. Perhaps the five sires 

 of most importance in the last quarter of the nineteenth century 

 were Lord Derby 2d, Bourdas' Denmark, Trilfitt's Fireaway, 

 D'Oyley's Confidence, and Danegelt. 



The introduction of the Hackney to America dates back to 

 1822, when James Booth of Boston imported, from Liverpool, 

 Bellfounder (55) (Jary's), commonly known as imported Bell- 

 founder. He was sired by Bellfounder (52), with Pretender (596) 

 for grandsire, and out of a mare named Velocity. The Bell- 

 founders proved animals of great speed and endurance, tracing 

 back from the original Fireaways. Bellfounder was the sire of 

 the Charles Kent Mare, the dam of Hambletonian 10. The great 

 speed in the Hambletonian family of trotters may justly be regarded 

 as tracing through the Bellfounder lineage. 



It is believed that the Hudson Bay Company imported to 

 Canada in 1830 an English Hackney named Fireaway, but for 

 years no importations of this breed other than these two came 

 to America, and they were not brought over as Hackneys. In 

 1 88 1 M. H. Cochrane of Hillhurst, Canada, brought an impor- 

 tation to Canada from England, having among others a fine 



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