CHAPTER XIX. 



MESSENGER'S SONS, 



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

 review of it Ran successfully Taken to Granville, N. Y. Some of his 

 descendants Mambrino, large and coarse in appearance Failure as a 

 runner Good natural trotter His most fatuous 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 description 

 Noted as the sire of coach horses and trotters Potomac Tippoo Saib 

 Sir Solomon Ogden Messenger, dam. thoroughbred Mambrino (Grey) 

 Black Messenger Whynot, Saratoga, Nestor, Delight Mount Holly, 

 Plato, Dover Messenger, Coriander, Fagdown, Bright Phoebus, Slasher, 

 Shaftsbury, Hotspur, Hutchinson Messenger and Cooper's Messenger- 

 Abuse of the name "Messenger." 



IT is not my purpose to write a history of all the descendants 

 of Messenger, for that would fill several volumes and would be 

 simply writing over again the trotting and pacing records of the 

 past twenty years. I will, therefore, limit the chapters on this 

 topic to such of his descendants as have demonstrated the value 

 and prominence of their blood, as a factor, in the make-up of 

 the American Trotter. Naturally, the immediate progeny of 

 Messenger will first demand consideration, and then will follow 

 the succeeding generations that have written their own history 

 in the official records of trotting and pacing. Completeness of 

 description and space occupied will be determined, chiefly, by 

 the prominence and historic value of the animal under review. 

 In this scope and without following any chronological order, I 

 will try to embrace all that is known that would be of value to 

 the student of trotting-horse history. 



HAMBLETONIAX (BISHOP'S), originally called HAMILTONIAN. 

 This was a dark-bay horse about fifteen hands two inches higli. 

 He was bred by General Nathaniel Coles, of Dosoris, Long 

 Island, and was foaled 1804. He was got by Messenger, his dam 

 Pheasant (the Virginia Mare), said to be thoroughbred, by imp. 

 Shark and grandam by imp. Medley. I first unearthed the 



