VOI..  XXXIII.  No.  18. 1 
WHOLE  No.  1370.  f 
J  PRICE  Siac  CENTS. 
1  *52.05  PER  TEAR. 
NEW  YORK  CITY,  APRIL  29,  187G. 
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RYSDYK’S  HAMBLETONIAN. 
Tnp.  fine  engraving  of  this  remarkable  horse 
was  originally  prejiaretl  for  Wilke’s  Spirit  of  the 
Times.  It  reprosenta  the  noble  borso  in  the  lino 
proixirtions  wliich  not  only  marked  him,  but  arc 
reproduced  in  Dexter  and  other  monarchs  of  the 
turf  among  his  descendants.  Ho  tvas  the  sire  of 
nearly  tliirteeu  hundred  foals,  more  than  1,‘225 
being  kiiotni,  which  is  probably  a  greater  num¬ 
ber  than  that  of  any  oilier  horse.  Por  some  years 
Ids  services  were  worth  to  his  owner  5110,1.100  a 
year,  the  fee  to  insure  a  foal  having  been  fOOO 
since  1865. 
This  wonderful  liorse  was  bred  by  Jonah  See- 
i.KY  of  flhestcr,  Orange  Co.,  N,  Y.,  and  was 
foaled  .May  15th,  184!t ;  got  by  AbdaUah,  son  of 
Maiubriiio,  by  iiiiii.  Messenger.  Abdallah,  his 
sire,  was  out  of  Amazonia,  formerly  HU))posod  to 
be  of  Messongor  breed :  but  it  is  now  conceded 
that  her  blood  is  unknown.  The  dam  was  got 
by  imp.  Rellfounder,  second  dam  by  Hainbloto- 
mau,  sou  of  MesHunger,  Third  dam  liy  Nlosson- 
ger.  There  was  thus  the  liigbly  prized  Moaseu- 
ger  blood  in  both  sire  and  dam.  The  dam  and 
foal  (aftenvards  Rysuvk's  Hamhletonian)  was 
sold  by  Mr.  Seeley  bi  Wm.  M.  Rybdick  of  Ches¬ 
ter  for  {!125.  At  two  years  old  be  was  bred  to 
fo\U'  old  mares,  from  which  three  foals  wore 
produced,  and  one  of  these  was  Alexander’s  Ab¬ 
dallah,  the  sirO  of  Goldsmith  Maid.  At  throe 
years  old  Mr.  Rybiiyk  took  Hamblctoniau  to 
Long  Isbkud,  and  though  ho  made  a  tost  of  a 
mile  in  2  : 48,  which  was  thought  very  good  for 
those  days,  his  owner  judged  that  ho  would 
prove  more  valuable  as  a  alallion,  and  ho  was 
kept  for  that  purpoae.  That  this  was  a  protlta- 
ble  move  cannot  bo  doulited,  08  it  is  estimated 
that  Hambletoiuan  brought  his  owner  'JIOO.OOO 
during  tlio  twenty  tive  years  that  he  owned  him. 
No  loss  tlian  fifty-eight  descendants  of  this 
famous  old  sire  have  made  pubUe  records  of  2 :  .SO 
or  better,  twenty-one  of  wbicli  are  in  the  first 
generation.  Of  the  remaining  tJurty-se  von  there 
are  tliirty-two  grandaoiis  and  daughters,  and  flvo 
that  are  one  generation  further  removed  from 
tlieir  distinguishixl  progenitor.  Of  those  in  the 
senond  generation  twenty-nine  are  dosceuded 
in  the  male  line,  two  in  the  female  lino,  and  one 
by  both  bi'auches.  Of  tho  sixty-one  horses  that 
have  made  records  of  2 :  23  or  better  in  banicss, 
twenty-one  wore  Ids  descendants,  ami  of  tlie  ten 
that  have  dropped  into  the  2 : 18  class,  bo  claims 
just  one  b»lf-a  showing  from  the  roconls  that 
clearly  entitle  him  to  stand  pre-eminent  as  the 
r/reat  pmiit'iiUnr  of  irotlimj  hoi'nt  n.  lie  was  a 
horse  of  groat  anhstanoo,  but,  at  the  same  time, 
witliout  a  particle  of  grossnoss.  His  bone, 
tbongb  heavy,  was  of  most  excellent  form  and 
aiiparent  fineness  of  texture.  His  inane  was 
originally  light,  the  hairs  perfectly  straight,  but 
not  a  vestige  of  it  remained.  II is  tad  was  once 
very  heavy,  but  it  also  grew  thin  with  ago.  In 
color,  be  was  a  rich  mahogany  bay,  with  a  small 
star,  and  two  white  ankles  lielund,  but  below 
them  the  coronets  were  dotted  witli  black  sijots, 
ami  the  hoofs  mainly  dark.  His  head  was  large 
and  bony ;  jowl  deep ;  eyes  largo  and  promin¬ 
ent  ;  ear  largo  ;  neck  rather  short,  and  heavy  at 
tho  throatlateli,  but  thin  and  clean;  shoulders 
very  deoii,  oblique,  and  strong  ;  withers  low  and 
broad;  back  short;  eoupling  excellent;  croup 
high,  and  enormous  length  from  point  of  Lip  to 
hock ;  broiwl,  flat,  clean  legs,  with  tendons  well 
detached  from  tho  bone ;  hock  well  lieut  rather 
than  straight;  pasterns  long  and  elastic;  and 
hoofs  splendid. 
BREAKING  COLTS. 
In  the  Rtteat.  of  Jan  1st,  “  Working  Farmer  ” 
furnishcB  your  excellent  paper  with  his  views  of 
breaking  colts,  from  which,  by  yom*  permission, 
I  enter  a  demurer. 
1st.  “Worlung  Farmer"  thinks  that  the  cor¬ 
rect  nietlKMl  is  to  permit  tho  colt  to  run  un¬ 
touched  until  lliree  years  of  age,  then  catch  him, 
(if  you  can)  and  when  you  got  liim,  and  after  a 
fearful  struggle,  get  the  halter  on  him.  He 
being  wiki,  in  endeavoring  to  get  away,  or  to 
elude  yonr  grasp,  jirohably  throws  himself  from 
one  to  twenty  times,  and  endangering  tlio  life  of 
tho  (wonld-t)o)  manager,  and  running  veiy  much 
risk  of  breaking  his  limbs,  or  some  blood  vessel. 
In  addition,  it  will  take  two  men  to  hold,  where¬ 
as,  if  haltered  when  four  or  six  months  old,  one 
man  can  handle  him,  without  danger  to  man  or 
beast. 
1  broke  a  Hamblotonian  colt,  whose  mother 
was  an  English  himter  by  Tormentor,  and  conse¬ 
quently  a  very  bigb-strung  colt,  that  was  two 
years  old  the  23d  of  last  Oct.  I  haltered  him 
when  lie  was  aliont  from  foui*  to  six  months  old, 
and  before  I  Could  got  him  to  lead — by  the  use 
of  the  niddest  moans  possible-  bo  threw  himself 
