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Boy, Mountain Maid, Hiram Woodruff and many others that 

 are among the best of road horses. He is more of a Morgan 

 than his sire, having two lines of descent from Justin Mor- 

 gan on his dam's side. 



The Morgans are not distinguished as fast trotters, though 

 many of them, like the Canadians, from whom they are in 

 part descended, are good and smart road horses; and when 

 crossed with Messenger, as Ethan Allen, Flying Cloud, Mer- 

 rill, Lone Star, &c., they are among the best. 



Another family of very excellent reputation are the Ameri- 

 can Stars. The founder of the family was foaled in 1837, and 

 died in 1861, the property of Jonas Seely, Orange County 

 N. Y. He had some Messenger blood, but more of Diomed 

 through Duroc in one line and Sir Henry in another. The dam 

 Dexter was by American Star, as were a good many fast trot- 

 ters, the best of which is Peerless, a gray mare, foaled in 1853, 

 and owned by Robert Bonner, of New York. Hiram Wood- 

 ruff said she was the fastest animal that he or any other man 

 ever drove to a wagon, and that he drove her a quarter in 

 30s. and a mile in 2m. 23 l-4s. Her dam was full of Messen- 

 ger blood. American Star, was a rat-tailed horse, and some 

 of his colts are rather deficient in hair on their tails; but they 

 are fast and very gamey. 



Green's Bashaw, foaled in 1855, and owned in Muscatine, 

 Iowa, has some superior colts, among them Kirkwood and 

 Bashaw, Jr., both fast; and this, together with his remark- 

 able pedigree, justifies the expectation that he will become 

 the head of a distinguished family. On his sire's side he has 

 the Messenger blood through four channels, and on his dam's 

 side the same pedigree as Rysdyk's Hambletonian with an 

 additional cross of Webster's Tom Thumb, a fast horse that 

 looked like a Canadian and begot trotters. 



Golddust, a chestnut, foaled about 1855, and owned by 

 L. L. Dorsey, Lexington, Ky., has begotten quite a numerous 

 family of trotters considering his age. He is a very blood- 

 like horse, a fast walker and a fast trotter. He takes his 

 speed from his sire, Vermont Morgan, whose dam was by 

 Cock-of-the-Rock, he by Duroc, a son of Diomed. Cock-of- 

 the-Rock's dam was Romp, a full sister to Miller's Damsel, 

 by Messenger. On his dam's side he has some Arabian and 

 thoroughbred blood that shows in the style and form of his 

 colts. 



The Pilots, another Kentucky family, are descended from 

 the Old Pacer Pilot, and are best represented by one of his 

 sons, Alexander's Pilot, Jr., and his descendants. Pilot, Jr., 



