CONTENTS. IX 



CHAPTER XVII. 



MESSENGER AND HIS ANCESTORS, 



PAGES 



Messenger the greatest of all trotting progenitors Record of pedigrees in 

 English Stud Book Pedigrees made from unreliable sources Messen- 

 ger's right male line examined Flying Childers' "mile in a minute" 

 Blaze short of being thoroughbred Sampson, a good race horse 

 His size; short in his breeding Engineer short also Mambrino was 

 a race horse with at least two pacing crosses; distinguished as a 

 progenitor of coach horses and fast trotters Messenger's dam cannot 

 be traced nor identified Among all the horses claiming to be thorough- 

 bred he is the only one that founded a family of trotters This fact 

 conceded by eminent writers in attempting to find others 205-221 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



HISTORY OF MESSENGER. 



Messenger's racing in England His breeder unknown Popular uncer- 

 tainty about tbe circumstances and date of his importation The mat- 

 ter settled by his first advertisement Uncertainty as to his importer 

 Description of Messenger by David W. Jones, of Long Island Care- 

 ful consensus of descriptions by many who had seen Messenger His 

 great and lasting popularity as a stock horse Places and prices of his 

 services for twenty years Death and burial 222-231 



CHAPTER XIX. 

 MESSENGER'S SONS. 



Hambletonian (Bishop's) pedigree not beyond doubt Cadwallader R. 

 Colden's review of it Ran successfully Taken to Granville, X. Y. 

 Some of his descendants Mambrino, large and coarse in appearance 

 Failure as a runner Good natural trotter His most famous sons 

 were Abdallah, Almack, and Mambrino Paymaster Winthrop or 

 Maine Messenger and his pedigree and history Engineer and the 

 tricks of his owners Certainly a son of Messenger Commander 

 Bush Messenger, pedigree and descripion Noted as the sire of coach 

 horses and trotters Potomac Tippoo Saib Sir Solomon Ogden 

 Messenger, dam thoroughbred Mambrino (Grey) Black Messenger 

 Wbynot, Saratoga, Nestor, Delight Mount Holly, Plato, Dover Mes- 

 senger, Coriander, Fagdown, Bright Phoebus, Slasher, Shaftsbury, 

 Hotspur, Hutchinson Messenger and Cooper's Messenger Abuse of 

 the name " Messenger." 232-254 



CHAPTER XX. 

 MESSENGER'S DESCENDANTS. 



History of Abdallah Characteristics of his dam, Amazonia Speculations 

 as to her blood Description of Abdallah Almack, progenitor of the 

 Champion line Mambrino Paymaster, sire of Mambrino Chief His- 

 tory and pedigree Mambrino Messenger Harris' Hambletonian 

 Judson's Hambletonian Andrus* Hambletonian, sire of the famous 

 Princess, Happy Medium's dam 255-266 



