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and his dam was by Why Not, by imported Mes- 

 senger, the grandam also being by imported Mes- 

 senger. Young Bashaw was by the imported 

 Arabian Grand Bashaw, the dam being Pearl by 

 First Consul (Arab bred) out of Fancy by im- 

 ported Messenger out of a daughter of Rocking- 

 ham. Henry Clay's dam was the famous mare, 

 Lady Surrey. She was bred in the neighbourhood 

 of Quebec, Ontario, and was brought with 

 twelve other horses into New York. With her 

 mate, " Croppy," she was sold to one of the Wisner 

 family in Goshen, New York. The class to which 

 Lady Surrey belonged was then called Kanucks, 

 though some called them "Pile Drivers," because 

 of their high-knee action. Records of breeding 

 were not kept in Quebec, but all the external 

 evidence points to an Oriental origin of the 

 horses that were taken there from France. But 

 the strong admixture of Arab and Barb blood in 

 Henry Clay is evident from the recorded part of 

 his pedigree and disregarding the blood of his dam. 

 Henry Clay was foaled in 1837, and lived until 

 1867. He was bred by Mr. George M. Patchen, 

 of New Jersey, and afterwards passed into the 



