Images Dated 2003 February
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Golden Age of Seaplanes
Easter Rising 1916
Fish where the fish are
Romantic
The Flying Scotsman
Cartoons by Sax
Inspired by Ewan MacColl
Vauxhall and Lambeth
Life in Squares or the Bloomsbury Group
The Party Season
Christmas
Suffragette
Beekeeping
1920s
A Dog's Life
Animal Antics
Adverts and Posters
Art Deco Glamour
Avery food & Lifestyle
Bake Off Inspiration
Bon Voyage
Cheers! vintage food and drink
Fashionistas
Funny
Happy Halloween
Golden Age of Trains
Kent Life
Landscapes
London Life
Man, Myth and Magic
Monochrome
Motorsport from TopFoto
Motorsport John Surtees
Motorsport TT Race
Nostalgia John Topham's Britain
Nostalgia Old England
Queen Elizabeth II
Royal Families
School Dinners!
Sussex Life
Titanic and Ocean Liners
Trucks
Weather
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William Rysdyks Hambletonian 1865, Father of the Trotting Horse. His employer, Seeley
William Rysdyk's Hambletonian 1865, Father of the Trotting Horse. His employer, Seeley, acquired a Charles Kent Mare, which had been permanently injured and was used only for breeding. Sired by Bellfounder, she was of Norfolk Trotter ancestry, a breed noted for its smooth gait. Seeley bred his mare to Abdullah, who was a grandson of Messenger, but a mean and ugly horse. The offspring of the Charles Kent Mare and Abdullah was a bay colt who was to be a keystone in the future of harness racing.
Rysdyk persuaded his employer to sell him the colt and named him Hambletonian. In all, Hambletonian was bred to some 1, 900 mares resulting in 1, 331 foals. Forty of these foals trotted the mile in less than 2 minutes 30 seconds. Among Hambletonian's many distinguished heirs were Dexter, Happy Medium, George Wilkes, Dictator, and Electioneer. The blood of Hambletonian is in most of today's distinguished trotters and pacers. The History of Horse Racing by Roger Longrigg, page 236
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