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HIGHLAND"
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"ALBION"
Will be kept for the Service of Mares this Season of 1876, Com- mencing April 1st and Ending August 1st, at the Eoyal Hotel Stables, Parkhill, on the main line of the Grand Trunk Railway, except the following days of each month of May, June and July, viz.: — From the 9th to the 12th and from the 28th to 31st of May, and from the 6tli to the 9th and from the 27th to 30th of June, and from the 4th to the 7th and from the 25th to 28th of J -ly, inclusive, at which dates they will be located at the Western Ho- tel Stables in the City of London, and continue this Route during the above date?. Health and Weather permitting.
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HIGHLAND — $30 by the season, payable by note at 3 months from date of service, witli the privilege in the event of the mare not proving "with foal of retaining her free of charge in 1877, pro- vided she is returned punctually for service during this season.
ALBION — $20 b\ the season, i)a} able on the same conditions as "Highland," and will be found at the same time and places, health and weather permitting.
Mares will be carefully stabled or pastured, and fed on grain as the owners desire, at the most reasonable rates. The utmost care and attention will be taken, but all escapes and accidents will be at owner's risk.
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Was bred by Alfred Post, Esq., of the City of Newburg, Orange County, State of New York, foaled on the farm of Mr. Cbas. W. Post, at Hamptonburgb, in said County, on the 15th day of July, 1867. Sired by the old Hero of Chester, Eysdyk's Hambletonlali. Ist dam "Emily," by Smith's Hambletonian ; he by Vermont Ham- bletonian ; he by Harris' Hambletonian ; he by Bishop's. Hamble- tonian, by Imported Messenger. 2nd dam by Andrus' Hambleton- ian ; he by Judson's Hambletonian ; he b> Bishop's Hambletonian by Imported Messenger. JJrd dam by Abdallah ; he by Membrino by Imported Messenger and sire of liysdyk's Hambletonian.
Emily, Highland's dam, was bred by M. N. Vail, Esq., of Delaware Connty, State of New York, and was purchased by Mr. Post, at a high price, who owned her for upwards of five years pre- vious to having her bred to Hambletonian ; has since been sold to a breeder of New York, and is now being stinted to one of Charles Backmou's fine Stallions. She is a very handsome, fine-bred mare, possessed of great speed, power and endurance, and of a kind and gentle disposition.
Orarge County, State of New York.
I, Alfred Post, of the City of Newburgh, in the said County of Orange, and State of Now York, being duly sworn, do depose and say, that I am the owner of the Brown Stallion Horse called Highland. Th? above .-tatement and pedigree as to the sire Deponent knows to be true of his own perscmal know- ledge, and the statements as to the dam are true to the best knowledge, i iformation and belief.
Signed,
Alfred Port. Sworn to before me this). 1st day of Juno, 1875. /
M. C. BELKNAP,
Notary Public in and for the County of Orange and State of New York.
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person has reason to doubt Dahnage's statomLts onf; fht. f!«
stallion? 4 Is the inclosed statements of Duhiia^e true? *> WnnU this horse throw trotters from good dams ^ 6 Is tW a w^
WER.— ihe horse described as taken to Canada bv Mr T TT n. i
«<.o. mspeUigiee 13 correct as represented in the affidavit of
Bfni''T'[ •'''"'"'■ J^''- ■'^"'•^'' P"*" '^ president of tLNewburl .U,ink and is a gentleman of unquestioned veracitv "Thl „„i
This is to Certify that on the 25th dav of Tiilv laati nv, txr and Alfi.d P<^t brothers, Toth oi\:L/etnTa^^^^^ of New lork, had a mare served by Evsdvk's lPl«^i.?r^ • and that said mare the follovvmg sunfil- ^^^^^^ and that all charges thereon ha?e ieeu pafd ' ''"^^'^'
&EOKGE F. ANDREWS,
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Chester, Jan. 10th, 1870. Ownov «f w.
' 'Jwner of Hambletonian.
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This identical colt mentioned in the annexed Certificate of Geo. W. Andrews, attorney for Elvira Rysd.^k, dated Jan. 10, 1876, continued in the care of Chas. W. Pu. t, of Hamptonburgh, Orange Countv, N. Y., up to the time of his deoth, in the fall of the year 1871, at which time Highland was removed to the stables of A. N. Taylor, in Munroe, and from thence to New- burgh, in the care of James Hasbrouch.
^ ALFKED POST.
County of Oranee, State of New York. Sworn to and subscribed )
before me this 12th \ M. C. BELKNAP,
day of Jan., 1870. ) Notary Public in and for Orange Co.
KYSDYK'S HAMBLETONIAN
Sired by Abdallah. First dam, Chas. Kent's More, by Imported ed Bellfounder. Second dam, One-Eye, by Bishop's Hambletonian. Third dam Silver Tail, by Imported Messenger.
ABDALLAH
By Menibriuo, son of Imported Messengev. Dam, Amazonia, by a 'son '^f Imported Messenger.
HARKIS' HAMBLETONIAN
By Bishop's Hambletonian. Dam, the Munsow Mare, by Import ed Messenger.
BISHOP'S HAMBLETONIAN
By Importeil Mesaenger. First dam, Pheasant, by Imported Siiark. Second dam, by Impoited Medley.
SMITH'S HAMBLETONIAN
By Vermont Hambletonian. Dam unknown.
VERMONT HAMBLETONIAN
By Harris' Hambletonian. Dam by Comr.t, a son of Bishop's Hambletoninn.
ANDRUS' HAMBLETONIAN
Bv Judson'H Hiimbletonian. Dam unknown.
JUDSON'S HAMBLETONIAN
By Bifhpp'9 Hambletoninn. Dam by Well?' Magn«-» Boumn.
It will be spen from the pedigree of Highland (which, by tho way, is iiicontestiblo) that ho in a closer inbred Hamblotonion- Mossenger than any living stallion in America. And it is claimed, on account of his being so strongly inbrod, that he possesses to a large degree the transmitting power to stamp his progeny in like- ness and form after his noted sire, and to transmit the trotting in- stinct also in a marked degree. It would bo needless for me to say anything in favor of this wonderful breed of horses as it is admitted by every intelligent reader tbat as a family of horses they have no equals. It can be seen from the records that Itysdyk's Hambletonian is the sire and grnndsiro of more fast and stout trotters than all other breeds combined ; the extraordinary prices asked for his services warrants this opinion, being limited to 30 mar* s yearly, at ^500 each. His sons and grandsons are also held i]i high estimation. Many of them are held at from $100 to Ip'iOO each service. In conclusion, allow me to say to the breed- ers of Canada that I have br(night tiiis superior-bred stallion, for Stock purposes, to this country at considerable expense in order to improve the form, and transmit the trotting instinct to our Cana- dian roadsters, and as Highland and his half-brother, at Prescott, aie IJie only sons of that noble horse now standing in this Pro- vince his services ought, and no doubt will be accepted by many.
The following extract from Wilki:s' Spirit of The Times of "Nov. 25Lli, 1875, clearly shows the estimation in which this noble breed of horses is held by tho Editor of tliis leading Journal.
"We ]>resume thrit none will venture to diop.ite the fact that,by virtue of t})o roctu-d, itysdyk's Hambletonian unquestionably de- serves to rank at the head of trotting sires. He Mas bred by Jonas Seely, oi Cliester, Orange County, N. Y. ; foaled May 15, 1849 ; got by Abdallah, son of Mfinbrino, by injp. Messenger. Abdallah, his si'e, was out of Amazonia, who was first claimed ashy Messen- ger, theii by a son of Mt ss<mger ; but it is now generally conceded tliat 'iiev blood is ( ntirely unknown. She may have been got by n ton of Messenger, but the evidence upon whi<th the story rests is too tiimsy to cany with it any weight. But, notwithstanding her iin!:nown lineage, s}w. gave to the world, in her son Abdallah, one of tlie greatest h(»-ses that evv-r tro 1 American soil — "nmgh to look .'it, t)ut king among stallions," Haml)iet(>mon's dam was by imp. [3(.'ilfound('i' ; seconil dam by Hambletonian (a son of Messenger); third dam bv Me-smger ; which gives him one direct cross of the highly-prized Messf-nger blood on tlie side of his sire, and a double cross on tho side of his dam. The dam, with the colt (subsequent- ly iiysihk's Hambletonian) by her side, was sold by Mr. Seely to Mr. W.'M. liysdyk, of Clcster, for i^l2o. Mr. llysdyk was at that linu! in very limited circumstances ; l)ut he was an astute horse- inun, anl, by liis shrewdness, managed to direct public attention
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to the colt at » very early age. When he was two years old four mares were bred to him, from which resulted three fonls, one of which afterwards became famous under the name of Alexander's Ahdallah, the sire of Goldsmith Maid. It is worthy of remark, in this connection, that this greatest of all trotting mares should have been begotten by a throo-year-old, and he, in ♦urn, by a two-year- old colt. At three years old he was taken to Long Island, aud underwent a few months' training as a trotter, but the promise which he showed upon the track was not deemed sufficient to war- rant a continuation of the training, altliough he showed a trial of a mile in 2.48, and he was retired permanently to the breeding stud. Up to th'3 year 1854, his service-fee was ^2r)'to insure a foal, but it was then advanced to ^85, at which it was k(>pt to the year 1863, when it was advanced to #75, and, owing to the fame which his ^et began to acquire about this time, his services were in great demand at the increased price. In 1864 the fee was placed at ?ilOO, and in the year following to #300, during wbicii two seasons he was per- mitted to serve the unprecedented number of four hundred and ten mares, from which there were produced two hundred and so\t nty- six foals. His fee was then fixed at #500. at which it remains up to this time. During the entire season of 1868 he was retired from the stud, so that there were no sons t)r daughters foaled to him in 1869. Since that time he bus been limited, each season, to a very small number of mares, and, although now twenty- six >ears old, is active, strong and vigorous. He has sired morj foals, perhaps, than any other stallion of any age, the number reaching near 1,325, which is conclusive evidence of his wonderful constitutional vigor. In a pecunii.ry sense he has also been a wonderful success, the fees recoivtd for his services aggregating #100,000. It will be a matter of surpiise to many to learn that no less than fifty-eight descendants of this famous old sire have made irublic records of 2.30 or better, twenty-one of which are in tlie first generation. Of the remaining thirty-seven there » re thirty two grand-sons an;l daughters, and five that are one generation further removed from their distinguished progenitor. Of those in the second generation twent*'-nine are descended in the male line, two in the fc^male line and one by l)oth branches. Of the sixty-one horses that have made records of 2.2:J or better inliarness, twenty- one are his descendants, and of the ten that have dropped into the 2.18 class, he clamisjust one-half — a showing from the records that clearly entitles him to sta id pre eminent as the great progenitor f>F trotting horses. — He is a horse of great substance, but, at the same time, without a particle of groKsness. His bone, though heavy, is of nost excellent form and apparent fiiunies- of texture. His m.-vne was originally li^ht, the hairs p-^-ft^c'ly straight, but not a vestige of it remains. His tail was once very lieavv, but it is also growing tliin with ag'^. In color he is n rich mahogany bay, with a small star, and tv.o
white iinkles belnml, but below them the coronets are dotted with black spot., and the hoof« are ruoinly daik. His head is larae and bony, niclmmg to what h known as the -Roman-noL^' type jowl deep; eyes largo and promir . fc ; ear large; neck rather short and heavy at the hroatlatch but thin and clean ; shouirrs very C
toTT"^ "*'""?•' r^^'V ^"^ *"^ ^^'•^^d' back short; couS excellent ; croup high, and enormous length from point of hintn hock; broad, flat clean legs, with tendons well deE^cEed from^he bone; hock wel bent rather than ptruight ; pasterns lonT and elastic ; and hoofs spl(>ndid." p««.8».ern8 long ana
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Is in color a rich Brown, with tanned muzzle, and flanks free from miy white marks; stands lo hands 1 inch withiut shoesTwe X 1 m lbs. IS of immerse pon-er and substance ; has a beautiful intelh gent hoad ; largo, full eyes; good length of neck, of fiTshane a^^^ well cut out at the throttle, set on strong oblique houlderrLas a ong, full flowing mane and tail ; a hondsomely moulded Middle piece, with fu.l length of ribs, giving ample room for thT v?tal organs. His loms a.e broad and arched at the coupling, a grand essential for a good repeater, while his broad bins and well-devel oped quarters tell plainly of a wealth of driving power his Hmb« being a^ flat and cleanly chiseled as a thoroughTed and sound and alike in texture. His action is very fine, having a bold reso- lute commanding gait, which is level and even in all hrmore ments ; has a fast, industrious walk, o. grand requisite ira. Xl hm-se : is of a kind and gentle disposition, ffis work for ?he de velopment of sperd has been ve.y limited, not ha^ingsca^^^^^^^^^ yearsvvork. At the death of Chas. Post he was turned out in a .yard, where he remained until he came into my charge in he fall wlien rising four . cars old. He showed wonderful %eed for his age and v^^s thought well of by his hnndler. Since h/s aiTival he^e his vv^rk has been very light ; at no time severe or urgent I have found him an improving horse and willing to do his best under
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ALBION'
Was foaed May 24th, 1871. Bred by Moss Olmsted, Esq., of Mount Albion, Ontario. Sired by Mr. James' fine stallion HigLland Boy ;_" he by Hamlet ; he by Volunteer ; he by Rys- dyk s Hambletontan, out of Black Maria by Mombrmo Chief
The pedigrne of Albion's dam not yet "traced but vill be placed before the public as soon as all the true facts can be obtained.-^^ „ Ihis IS a very fine mare and is considered one of the best broo' J mares in this part of Ontario. She was recently purchased, at a High price, for stock purposes, by Messrs. Geary & Hodgins and cnn be seen at any time on Mr. Geary'3 Stock farm, three miles north 01 London.
Albion is in color a brautiftil Golden Chestnut, v;ifch three
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horses the mo^t perfect formed stallion in this country, and must be seen to be admivod. His action is most perfect and, althougii has never had more work than tc steady him in barness, I am pre- pared to show breeders speed enough to satisfy them to tlieir full- est desire, and I will be most happy to exhibit either of theso Stallions to hre.'ders of this country by giving me notice to tliat ^ eijoct.
For any further information required letters addres>^e' H. Dulmage, ParkJiill. will receive prompt attention.
Parkliill, April 1st, 187G.
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