. The American trotter; a treatise on his origin, history and development. t, a son of Mambrino; thirddam by Bertholf Horse, son of imported Messenger,and fourth dam by Duroc, son of imported Diomed. The Rysdyks Hambletonian family not only sur-passes all the other trotting families in number andquality, but is rapidly absorbing all the others andbids fair to soon swallow them up completely. Thestallions that head the studs today of nearly all theprominent breeding establishments are direct descend-ants of Rysdyks Hambletonian, and the majority ofthem are members of either the Wilkes, Election
. The American trotter; a treatise on his origin, history and development. t, a son of Mambrino; thirddam by Bertholf Horse, son of imported Messenger,and fourth dam by Duroc, son of imported Diomed. The Rysdyks Hambletonian family not only sur-passes all the other trotting families in number andquality, but is rapidly absorbing all the others andbids fair to soon swallow them up completely. Thestallions that head the studs today of nearly all theprominent breeding establishments are direct descend-ants of Rysdyks Hambletonian, and the majority ofthem are members of either the Wilkes, Electioneer,Nutwood, Dictator or Harold branches of that fam-ily. The Wilkeses are in a large majority and theElectioneers next in rank. All the best qualities of theextinct trotting families and those that are fast be-coming extinct have been engrafted upon and haveserved to improve the families that are crowding themout of existence. It is a case of the survival of thefittest, but those which have been forced to succumb,or some of them, at least, have exerted an influence 104. HAMBLETONIAN AND HIS 80N8. that will be felt as long as the American trotter ex-ists. These families are really lost only so far asname is concerned. The tendency today is to inbreedto the Hambletonian strain, and this method of breed-ing is producing excellent results. The time maycome when an outcross may be necessary. There willthen be plenty of first-class thoroughbred familiesthat may be employed to advantage. That is un-doubtedly the source from which the American trotterhas derived the speed, courage and stamina that hasmade him so vastly superior to the trotters producedby any other nation in the world. 105 Chapter CHIEF FAMILY. Lady Thorn ().—Herrs Mambrino Patchen,—^Wood-ford Mambrino.—Mambrino King.—Alma Mater.—Prin-ceps.—Pancoast. — Fisks Mambrino Chief, Jr. — ClarkChief. — Ericsson. Mambrino Chief Family. The Mambrino Chieftrotting family ranks next in importanc
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