The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world (1908) (14742381366)

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Title: The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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nner for $21,000when four years old, with a record of 2.ioj4, andthe title Queen of the Turf. Smuggler soldfor $40,000. Pocahontas for $45,000, GoldsmithMaid for $36,000, Dexter for $36,000, and so on.until we come to .\xtell. who sold for $100,000after he had eclipsed the time of all stallions, andretired to the stud, where his service fee was$1,000. The stallion, Rysdycks Hambletonian,was purchased with his dam for $125, and earnedin the stud $205,750. Thirty-six of his get trottedin 2.,w or better, and the prices for which theycould have been sold in their best days amountedto $325,000. Among them were Sentinel, GeorgeWilkes, Jay Gould, and .Administrator, all notedsires. Their united progeny was worth manythousands for stud and track uses. Some of hissons, without a 2.30 record, became successful inthe stud. .Alexanders .Abdallah was sold forabout S3.500. but he got Goldsmith Maid, whomade a record of 2.14, and won on the turf closeto $250,000: .\lmont sired 22 2.30 trotters; Bel-
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1. English Running Horst. 2. English Coach Horse. 3. Morgan Trotting Horse. 4. Percheron. e. Percheron. 6. Wilkes-Hambletonian Trotting Horsft. 7. American Thoroughbred. 8. Belgian Stallion. I HORSES ■mont got nine with records better than 2.30. Sothe descendants of Alexanders Abdallah havebeen worth to their owners hundreds of thou-sands of dollars. Volunteer was another wdioranked among the most successful of the notedHambletonian sires, having to his credit 23 2.30performers. Electioneer, bought by Gov.Stanford, proved a noted sire, getting the fastestyearling, 2.36J.2; the fastest two-year-old, 2.21;the fastest three-year-old. 2.19K; and the fastestfour-year-old, 2.18^. The bracing climate ofPalo Alto, and the methods of handling peculiarto Gov. Stanfords breeding farm, aided inthese accomplishments. These are but a few ofthe thousands of good horses that owe successto the Hambletonian blood. The value of trottershas been measured largely by their speed, takenas a measure of abi