. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. CARLISLE. The first horse shown me was the champion Carlisle, "The Rysdyk Hambletonian of the Hungarian ; He is fully eighteen years old, but his form has not altered by lilluputian beauties. age, while bis clear eye, quick, active ear, and general air of sprightliness stamps him as one that will last for many years. To this " Patriarch of the Flock" nearly every pony tracer and his splendid qualities have been transmitted to them with a strength and uniformity that is remarkable. He has been bred to small, gray trotting and thoroughbre
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. CARLISLE. The first horse shown me was the champion Carlisle, "The Rysdyk Hambletonian of the Hungarian ; He is fully eighteen years old, but his form has not altered by lilluputian beauties. age, while bis clear eye, quick, active ear, and general air of sprightliness stamps him as one that will last for many years. To this " Patriarch of the Flock" nearly every pony tracer and his splendid qualities have been transmitted to them with a strength and uniformity that is remarkable. He has been bred to small, gray trotting and thoroughbred ponies, bnt the produce has been solid in color, not a white mark to be detected on any of them. Hiawatha is a "grade," a chestnut, with a thin mane and tail; a perfect model of symmetry and so useful and gentle that $1000 would not buy him. His strength for his size is nothing short of marvelous and no road is too steep for him to carry a 186 pound man to the top with ease, while in descending no mountain goat is more sure-footed. Hiawatha is one of the diamonds in this garland of equine gems. Fair Hills is "black as a ; Thorough- bred Hungarian, too. His dam is a chest- nut in color, but no doubt her produce traces back to some remote ancestor who was ebony in hue. Fair Hills is about nine hands high and is more like a playful, well trained dog than anything else. He can climb upstairs, run after the children, carry them wherever tbey wish to ride, and do almost everything asked of him by the little throng of happy children who pass many b^urs at his side. Piince is another one that I took a fancy to. He is one of the team that formed the eix-in-hand which created such a sensation at the Santa Rosa Rose Carnival, May 1, 1898. The leaders are Emperor and Mars, Prince and Tack are in the swing, and Bill and Ben are the wheelers. The appearance of this unique carriage team was the signal for loud and prolonged applause. The rising generation is indebte
Size: 2436px × 1026px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1882
