AMERICAN TROTTING HORSES. 35 
POCAHONTAS. 
TROUGH PacING is somewhat different from trotting, yet, with the 
exception of the extinct Narraganset pacer, there is no difference in the 
breeds of the several horses adopting each pace, and, indeed, it cannot be 
predicted beforehand whether a young horse shall be classed under either 
of these heads. I therefore include this extraordinary animal in the list. 
She is a rich chestnut, fifteen hands three inches high, with beautiful 
proportions throughout her entire frame. Her sire was a horse called 
Cadmus, thoroughbred, being by American Eclipse, dam, Di Vernon, by 
Florizel, g. d. by Ogle’s Oscar, gt. g. d. by Hero. Her dam was a fine 
natural trotter, by imported Shakspeare, Who was by Smolensko, Charming 
Molly, &c. The grandam of Pocahontas was an excellent roadster, but 
of unknown pedigree, and therefore it can only be made out that she was 
three parts of pure blood. 
LADY SUFFOLK. 
SEconD onLy to Flora Temple in general estimation in America, is the 
grey mare known by the above name, though now, if alive, she would be 
twenty-seven years old, having being foaled in 1833, and died in 1858. She 
was by Engineer, a thoroughbred son of Engineer by imported Messenger. 
Her dam was by Plato, also a son of imported Messenger, grandam by 
Rainbow, out of a road mare of unknown pedigree. She is, therefore, at 
least seven-eighths of pure blood, the only stain appearing in the great 
erandam of the maternal side. She was much inbred, her sire and 
maternal grandsire being both by the same horse. She was about fifteen 
and a half hands, of a grey colour, with a full white tail, a neat head, 
long muscular shoulders and great substance, united with length. Her 
action was peculiarly long and elastic. 
ETHAN ALLEN. 
AMONG THE CELEBRITIES of the annals of trotting is the Morgan horse 
Ethan Allen, though never reaching beyond two minutes, thirty-four and 
a half seconds, in his mile performance ; but this was considered extremely 
good for a stallion. He is a yellow bay, with a full and curly tail supposed 
to characterise the breed. He was got by Morgan Black Hawk, by 
Sherman Morgan, out of the Howard mare, by a son of Hambletonian. 
Ilis dam is said to be of Messenger blood, but evidently his pedigree 
does not entitle him to be considered more than half of pure blood. 
YOUNG BLACK HAWK. 
ANOTHER WELL KNOWN trotting stallion of this name has done his mile 
in two minutes, twenty-seven and a half seconds, and may therefore be 
included in the list. He is by Hill’s Black Hawk, dam by Old Kentucky 
Whip, grandam the Shakspeare mare, celebrated as a trotter. Hill’s 
Black Hawk was by Sherman, son of Justin Morgan, out of a half-bred 
English mare. 
TRUSTEE. 
Two HorsEs only are proved to have trotted twenty miles within the 
hour,—namely, Trustee and Lady Fulton. The former was by imported 
Trustee, out of the trotting mare, Fanny Pullen, three parts bred. The 
latter’s pedigree I do not know. 
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