. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. 510 THE AMERICAN FARMER S HORSE BOOK. dam, One Eye, by Bishop's Hambletonian; and the third dam was Silvertail, by imp. Messenger. He thus traces on both sides of the line back to the famous gray horse. Hambletonian sired forty an- imals with a record of 2 : 30 or better. His justly renowned son, Dex- ter (2:17|), is the brightest gem in his crown. He was the fastest trotter of his time, and when he made his record of 2: 17^, at Buf- falo, N. y., on August 14th, 1867, it was the cham
. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. 510 THE AMERICAN FARMER S HORSE BOOK. dam, One Eye, by Bishop's Hambletonian; and the third dam was Silvertail, by imp. Messenger. He thus traces on both sides of the line back to the famous gray horse. Hambletonian sired forty an- imals with a record of 2 : 30 or better. His justly renowned son, Dex- ter (2:17|), is the brightest gem in his crown. He was the fastest trotter of his time, and when he made his record of 2: 17^, at Buf- falo, N. y., on August 14th, 1867, it was the champion record of the. kysdyk's hambletonian. track, and so remained till September 2d, 1876, Avhen it was passed by Goldsmith Maid, 2 : 14. But the crowning glory of Hambletonian is his own prepotency, and that of his sons and daughters. His son Volunteer has tAventy- nine 2:30 trotters to his credit, including the ilhistrious St. Julien, 2:11^. Alexander's Abdallah contributed only six to the 2:30 list, but the six included that matchless star trotter, the invincible and immortal Goldsmith Maid. Dictator is the sire of thirty-two within. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Darling, Andrew. [from old catalog]. St. Louis, Mo. , Journal of agriculture co
Size: 1802px × 1386px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1892
