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the small space we have to spare. He is one of the 

 best proportioned animals in the county handsome, 

 intelligent, with fine limbs and gait. He is out of a 

 mare by Harry Clay ; second dam said to be by Terror. 

 Although Mr. Backman may have evidence sufficient 

 to prove the latter fact, yet, notwithstanding, we have 

 known this grandam for years, and always believed, 

 from her appearance, that she was well bred; it was 

 never discovered that she had the pedigree now claimed 

 for her, until after she became the property of Mr. Back- 

 man. The dam of Idol was bred by Lewis Tuthill, of 

 Union ville, and was sold by him when she was three 

 years old for one hundred dollars. 



Since that time, colts have been raised from her of 

 sufficient value to amount to one or two very fine 

 fortunes. The objection will undoubtedly be raised 

 by some that Idol has Clay blood in his veins, and 

 that his value is thereby considerably decreased. 

 Permit us, however, to remark just here, that, while 

 we are willing to acknowledge that the Clays as 

 trotters have not proved a success, we nevertheless 



