. The encyclopaedia of sport. ghter of Sour Crout. gSJ 30 = fMAMDRINO . ! . . (Son of Messenger.\ Unknown. fBELLFOUNDER, an EnglishImp. Eellfounder -! Norfolk Unknown. TBishops HamiI thoroughbred BLETONIAN, son of Mes- . , daughter of \.0 One Eve IS Messenger. It will be seen at a glance that Abdallah, thesire of Hambletonian, was a grandson of Mes- 104 trotters and 8 pacers, who have takenrecords of 2-30 or better. Up to the close of1896, 16,207 trotters and pacers have maderecords from 2001 to 2-30, and at least 80 percent, carry the blood of
. The encyclopaedia of sport. ghter of Sour Crout. gSJ 30 = fMAMDRINO . ! . . (Son of Messenger.\ Unknown. fBELLFOUNDER, an EnglishImp. Eellfounder -! Norfolk Unknown. TBishops HamiI thoroughbred BLETONIAN, son of Mes- . , daughter of \.0 One Eve IS Messenger. It will be seen at a glance that Abdallah, thesire of Hambletonian, was a grandson of Mes- 104 trotters and 8 pacers, who have takenrecords of 2-30 or better. Up to the close of1896, 16,207 trotters and pacers have maderecords from 2001 to 2-30, and at least 80 percent, carry the blood of Hambletonian by fromone to five Later on the Hambletonianblood in the trotting and pacing champions willbe discussed. Mambrino Chief, by Mambrino Paymaster,he by Mambrino, son of Messenger, is thefounder of a great brood mares family, themares to the cover of the male descendants ofHambletonian producing the highest speedresults. There are several other minor families,such as the Bashaws, descended from a horse. Trotting Pair Owned bv Mr. W. , Lake Erie, senger, and that his dam, Amazonia, was by ason of Messenger. The dam of Hambletonianwas by Bellfounder, a Norfolk trotter whosename is found in the top crosses of many lead-ing hackneys, both in England and America ;but her dam was One Eye by Bishops Hamble-tonian, a son of Messenger and Silvertail; thedam of One Eye was also by Messenger. Itmay also be pointed out that Bellfounder wasa failure as a speed producer, when his blooddid not mingle with that of Messenger. Theenormous influence which Hambletonian hasexercised as a producer of trotting speed isshown in the following results. At the close of1896, 148 of his sons had produced 1,398trotters and 155 pacers, with records from 2-04to 230, while 80 of his daughters produced called Grand Bashaw, imported from Tripoliearly in the century. American Star, PilotChampion and Norman, all native horses ofobscure or unknown pedigree, had daug
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