. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. DERBERTHA BELLS, foaled 1911, stands , weighs 1200 pounds, and is of magnificent conforma- tion, style, trotting action and color; being a solid dark bay or brown with splendid mane and tail, mas- sive well-formed limbs and feet, beautiful neck and head, fine, well set ear and eye as kindly as a fawn's and as courageous as a lion's. His breeding can only be hinted at here as he traces 20 times to Hamble- toman 10—5 through Electioneer. 5 through George Wilkes, 4 through Strathmore and 4 through Abdallah 15 (the big four of the sons of Hambletonian), and twi
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. DERBERTHA BELLS, foaled 1911, stands , weighs 1200 pounds, and is of magnificent conforma- tion, style, trotting action and color; being a solid dark bay or brown with splendid mane and tail, mas- sive well-formed limbs and feet, beautiful neck and head, fine, well set ear and eye as kindly as a fawn's and as courageous as a lion's. His breeding can only be hinted at here as he traces 20 times to Hamble- toman 10—5 through Electioneer. 5 through George Wilkes, 4 through Strathmore and 4 through Abdallah 15 (the big four of the sons of Hambletonian), and twice through his daughters. This breeding is perfectly balanced by 18 crosses to Mamb. Chief 11—5 of these through his greatest son Mamb. Patchen 58 (leading progenitor of the dams of trotting sires), backed up by 2 crosses to Pilot Jr. 12, 4 to Black Hawk 5, 4 to Imp. Trustee and crosses to such other famous broodmare sires as American Star, The Mot, A. W. Richmond, Williamson's Belmont, etc. I challenge any man to name a stallion with a broodmare inheritance approaching that of Derbertha Bells,—5 crosses to Green Mountain Maid (dam of 9 and Election- eer), 3 to Alma Mater (dam of 8 and 7 sires, including Alcyone and Alcantara), and 1 each to Miss Russell (dam of 7, including Maud S. 2:08% and 6 sires, including Nut- wood). Dolly (dam of 4 and 5 sires, including Director, Onward and Thorndale). Beau- tiful Bells (dam of 11, including 4 world's champions and 10 sires) and Minnehaha (dam of 8 and 6 sires). These are pre-eminently the greatest mares of history in point of number of descendants in the standard list, besides 2 crosses to Bertha, the only mare with 2 in 2:04%, 5 in 2:10 and 13 in the list. Counting duplicates this pedi- gree contains the blood of 20 mares with an average of 9 performers each, and of the 14 mares appearing in the pedigree of two or more 2:10 trotters in 1910 this pedigree contains 8. His disposition and deportment are in perfect harmony with his
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