hamburg belle
Year of Birth:
1902
Immortal:
Yes
Elected as Immortal:
1957
Year of Death:
1909
Gait:
Trotter
Record:
t,2:01 1/4
Sire:
Axworthy
Dam:
Sally Simmons
Sire of Dam:
Simmons
Biography:
A daughter of Axworthy and Sally Simmons, Hamburg Belle was foaled in 1902, bred by E. T. Bedford of Brooklyn, New York. She was placed in the hands of W. J. Andrews and in 1908 won the Charter Oak Stake, trotting in 2:05, 2:06, and 2:04 3/4, a three-heat record at that time. The next year she beat Uhlan at North Randall in 2:01 1/4, 2:01 3/4, a two-heat record that stood for fifteen years. Hamburg Belle was sold by John E. Madden to H. M. Hanna of Cleveland for $50,000. In a return match with Uhlan she was defeated and that fall, on November 10, 1909, died suddenly of pneumonia.
Hamburg Place, Lexington, KY
Published in the Harness Racing Museum's 1994 book, The Immortals