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intrinsic merits, yet, in both of these particulars, much also 

 depends upon his management and the care and treatment 

 v/hich he receives at the hands or by the direction of his 

 owner. In this particular, Volunteer has been extremely for- 

 tunate. His owner, Mr. Alden Goldsmith, is one of the most 

 intelligent and practical breeders in the county, and, indeed, 

 may justly be considered the pioneer breeder of trotters 

 therein. His great experience and sound judgment has led 

 him to adopt a judicious system of crossing this horse with 

 mares of his own, the results of which have of themselves 

 established a reputation for the horse which is exceedingly 

 enviable. His dam was by Young Patriot, a descendant of 

 Messenger; and his colts are generally very good sized, 

 strong, and handsome. 



Among the speedy ones, we may mention Hamlet, W. H. 

 Allen, Huntress, and Bodine; while we understand that a 

 Whirlwind will soon appear upon the turf which will astonish 

 the world. 



MIDDLETOWN. 



Recent exploits of the colts of this horse have greatly 

 increased his popularity as a breeder, and have placed him in 

 the foremost rank of stallions, some horsemen even predict- 

 ing that he is the "coining stock horse." He is out of a 

 mare by American Eclipse, a grandson of Messenger, and 

 thus had a combination of the very best strains of the 

 Messenger blood. 



Although his colts are quite young, yet one of them 

 Music, owned by that exp3rt horseman and judicious trainer, 

 William Trimble, of Newburgh a four-year-old, out of a 

 second Star mare, has shown herself to be extremely fast 

 upon several occasions. 



Middletown has been absent from the county for several 

 months, but we are glad to learn that he will make the coin- 

 ing season at Middletown, and we doubt not but that many 

 of our breeders will avail themselves of his services. 



