STONY FORD STUD, 



1874. 



THE following STALLIONS will make the Season of 1874, at the Stony Ford Stud Farm, 

 Orange County, N. Y., the season to commence APKIL 1 and close OCTOBER 1, 1874. 



MESSENGER DUROC. Bay stallion, 16 hands, foaled June 3, 1865; got by 

 Rysdyk's Hambletonian. Firsi dam Satinet (foaled 185 J), by Roe's Abdallah Chief; 

 second dam Catbird (foaled 1834), by Whistle Jacket; third dam Lyon Mare, by 

 Bertholf Horse ; fourth dam by Duroc. sou of imp. Diomed. 



Abdallah Chief (Roe's), by Abdallah, son of Mambrino. First dam by Philips, son 

 of Duroc ; second dam by Decatur, son of Sir Henry, by Sir Archy. 



Whistle Jacket, by Mambrino, son of imp. Messenger. First dam by American 

 Eclipse, son of Duroc ; second dam by Bertholf Horse. 



Bertholf Horse, by imp. Messenger; dam Beauchamp Mare, by Duroc, son of imp. 

 Diomed. 



MESSENGER DUROC'S limit of forty mares for season of 1874, at $200, payable in 

 advance, has been tilled by the patrons of 1873. He will be permitted to serve a few 

 additional mares during the season at $300, payable in advance. 



ABDALLAH STAR. Chestnut stallion, sixteen hands; foaled June 12, 1863; got 

 oy American Star, Jr. First dam Curry Abdallah, by Abdallah, son of Mambrino; 

 second dam by imp. Bellfounder; third dam by Royalist; fourth dam by Hardware, 

 son of imp. Messenger 



American Star, Jr., by Seely's American Star, son of Stockholm's American Star, 

 by Duroc ; dam by Friday, son of imp. Trustee. 



IDOL. Bay stallion, fifteen hands two and a-half inches; foaled June 9, 1864; got by 

 Rysdyk's Hambletonian; first dam Hattie Wood, by Harry Clay; second dam Grand- 

 mother, by Terror, son of American Eclipse. 



Harry Clay, by Neave's Cassius M. Clay, Jr., son of Cassius M. Clay, by Henry 

 Clay, son of Andrew Jackson ; dam by imp". Bellfounder. 



BOLTON. Bay stallion, sixteen hands; foaled June 13, 1867; got by Rysdyk's 

 Hambletonian ; dam Montgomery Maid, by Seely's American Star. 



ELECTIONEER. Bay stallion, fifteen hands two inches; foaled May 2, 1868 ; 

 Rysdyk's Hambletoniau; dam Green Mountain Maid (dam of Prospero and 

 Trot), by Harry Clay, son of Neave's Cassius M. Clay, Jr. 



The above stallions are limited to forty mares each, at $100 the season, payable in 

 advance. 



ELLWOOD, by Messenger Duroc. Ellwood, Bay stallion, fifteen hands three 

 inches; foaied July M, 1870; got by Messenger Duroc. First dam Virgo (foaled 1855, 

 full sister to Satinet), by Roe's Abdallah Chief; second dam Catbird (foaled 1834), by 

 Whistle Jacket: third dam Lyon Mare, by Bertholf Horse : fourth dam by Duroc, son 

 of imp. Diomed. 



Messenger Duroc, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. First dam Satinet (foaled 1854), by 

 Roe's Abdallah Chief; second dam Catbird (foaled 1834). by Whistle Jacket; third dam 

 Lyon Mare, by Bertholf Horse; fourth dam by Duroc, sou of imp. Diomed. 



Abdallah Chief (Roe's), by Abdallah, son of Mambrino. First dam by Philips, son of 

 Duroc; ser-ond dam by Decatur, son of Sir Henry, by Sir Archy. 



Whistle Jacket, by Mambrino, son of imp. Messenger. First dam by American 

 Eclipse, son of Duroc ; second dam by Bertholf Horse. 



Bertholf Horse, by imp. Messenger; dam Beauchamp Mare, by Duroc, son of imp. 

 Diomed. 



RIDGEWOOD. Bay stallion, sixteen hands; foaled May, 1870; got by Rysdyk's 



Hambletonian. First dam Hoe Mare, by Wilson's Sir Henry, son of Sir Henry, by Sir 

 Archy ; second dam by Eclipse, son of Crocker's Eclipse ; third dam by Redbird. 



ELLWOOD AND RIDGEWOOD will be limited to twenty-five mares each at $50 the 

 season, payable in advance. 



CHARLES BACKMAN, 



STONY FORD, Orange Co., N. Y., Feb. 3, 1874. 



