. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Derbertha Bells â Licensed Pure Bred, Cert. No. 226 NO. 6 0907 :: 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 10â5 through Electioneer, o through George Wilkes. 4 through Strathmore and 4 through Abdallah 15 (the big four of the sons of Hambletoman) and twice through his daughters"; balanced by IS crosses to Mambrino Chief 11âfive of these through his greatest son
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Derbertha Bells â Licensed Pure Bred, Cert. No. 226 NO. 6 0907 :: 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 10â5 through Electioneer, o through George Wilkes. 4 through Strathmore and 4 through Abdallah 15 (the big four of the sons of Hambletoman) and twice through his daughters"; balanced by IS crosses to Mambrino Chief 11âfive of these through his greatest son Mambrino Patchen 58 (leading progenitor of the dams of trotting sires); 25 crosses to Imp. Bellfounder, S to Henry Clay, S to Imp. Trustee, 5 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 Eagler Imp. Glencoe, Williamson's Belmont, etc. His broodmare inheritance is incomparably gTeatâ5 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 S including Maud S. 2:0S:4 and 6 sires including Nutwood, the world's greatest broodmare sire), Dolly fdam 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 S 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
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