230 THE HORSE OF AMERICA. 



1794, at Philip Platt's, fifteen miles from New York and four 

 from Jamaica, Long Island, at $25 the season. 



1795, at the same place and the same price, when, as Mr. Van 

 Ranst expressed it, "he took with our horsemen." 



1796, at Pine Plains, Dutchess County, N. Y., where he covered 

 106 mares at $30 the season. 



1797, I have no advertisement for this year, but it is probable 

 he was at the same place at the same price. 



1798, at Pine Plains, as before, and the terms $30 for the season 

 and $40 to insure. 



1799, I have no definite trace of him this year, but there are 

 some indications he was in West Jersey. 



1800, for the spring season he is not located, but he made a, 

 fall season at John Stevens' in Maidenhead, Hunterdon Co., N". J. 



1801, at Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., and I have seen the 

 book account of expenses, etc., while he was there. 



1802, At Cooper's Ferry, opposite Philadelphia, Pa., but the 

 price of services is not mentioned. 



103, at Townsend Cock's, near Oyster Bay, Long Island, at 

 $20 the season. 



1804, at the same place and the same price. 



1805, at Bishop Underbill's, in Westchester Co., N. Y., fif- 

 teen miles from Harlem Bridge. Price reduced to $15. 



1806, back again at Townsend Cock's, and the terms fixed at $15 

 for the season, and $25 to insure. 



1807, again at Bishop Underbill's on the same terms as before, 

 and this was the last of his twenty years' stud services. It will 

 be observed that the horse is located every year except two, and 

 these locations are determined, not by tradition or hearsay, but. 

 by copies of his advertisements for each year. In giving the 

 prices charged for his services I have given the value of the 

 guinea or the pound as five dollars. 



Messenger died January 28, 1808, in the stable of Townsend 

 Cock, on Long Island, in his twenty-eighth year. This date has 

 been as familiar to all intelligent horsemen for the last forty 

 years as any prominent event in the history of the nation. The 

 news of the death of the old patriarch spread with great rapidity, 

 and soon the whole countryside was gathered to see the last of 

 the king of horses and to assist at his burial. His grave was pre- 

 pared at the foot of a chestnut-tree some distance in front of 

 the house, and there he was deposited in his holiday clothing. 



