. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Derbertha Bells -IlCHnH Pure Bred, Cert. No. 226 NO. 60907 :: A. T. R. RULE 1. Derbertha Bells, foaled 1911, stands , weighs 1200 pounds and is a solid dark bay or brown of magnifi- cent conformation, style and trotting action. His breeding, too, is of the best, tracing 20 times to Ham- bletonian 10—5 through Electioneer, 5 through George Wilkes. 4 through Strathmore and 4 through Abdallah It fthe big four of the sons of Hambletoman) and twice through his daughters; balanced by 18 crosses to Mambrino Chief 11—five of these through his greatest son Mambrino
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Derbertha Bells -IlCHnH Pure Bred, Cert. No. 226 NO. 60907 :: A. T. R. RULE 1. Derbertha Bells, foaled 1911, stands , weighs 1200 pounds and is a solid dark bay or brown of magnifi- cent conformation, style and trotting action. His breeding, too, is of the best, tracing 20 times to Ham- bletonian 10—5 through Electioneer, 5 through George Wilkes. 4 through Strathmore and 4 through Abdallah It fthe big four of the sons of Hambletoman) and twice through his daughters; balanced by 18 crosses to Mambrino Chief 11—five of these through his greatest son Mambrino Patchen 58 (leading progenitor of the dams of trotting sires) ; 25 crosses to Imp. Bellfounder, 8 to Henry Clay, 8 to ImtL Trustee, >; to Pilot Jr 12 and sustained by such other famous broodmare sires as The Moor, A W Richmond, Black Hawk, St. Clair, Geo. M. Patchen, Grey Eagle, Imp. Glencoe, Williamson's Belmont, etc. His broodmare inheritance is incomparably great — 5 crosses to Green Mountain Maid (dam of 9 including a world's champion and 4 sires including Electioneer, the world's greatest trotting progenitor), 3 crosses to Alma Mater (dam of S and 7 sires, including Alcyone and Alcantara), and one each to Miss Russell (dam of 8 including Maud S. 2:0S"i and 6 sires including Nutwood, the world's greatest broodmare sire), Dolly (dam of 4 and 5 sires, including Director and Onward), Beautiful Bells (dam of 11 trotters including 4 world's champions and 9 sires) and Min- nehaha (dam of 8 including a champion yearling and 6 sires). These are the greatest mares of history in number of descendants in the standard list, to which add two crosses to Bertha (the only mare with 2 in 2:04%, 5 in 2:10 and 13 in the list; with two 2:05 producing sons, five 2:10 producing sons and two other sons with produce only a fraction slower). This pedigree contains the blood of 20 mares (counting duplicates) with an average of 9 performers each and presents an aggregation of family fou
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