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spring of 1799 and was a respectable race horse at short distances. 

 He ran against and beat some of the best of his day. He was on 

 the turf about three years. In the midst of his racing career he 

 was purchased by Mr. Van Eanst for five hundred pounds. In 

 1802 he was owned by Major William Jones, of Cold Spring Har- 

 bor, and made some seasons there. In 1806 he was at New 

 Windsor, Orange County, New York. In 1808 he was in charge 

 of Thomas Jackson, at Eahway, New Jersey, and 1811 at Cross- 

 wicks, near Trenton, New Jersey. It is probable he died about 

 this time, as we find no further trace of him. Most of his stock 

 were bays, of good size, and very salable animals. Nothing can 

 now be recalled that connects him with any of the trotting strains 

 coming from his sire. He was not strictly running-bred on the 

 side of his dam. 



TIPPOO SAIB was a bay horse with one white foot and was fully 

 sixteen hands high, with plenty of bone. He was foaled 1795, 

 got by imported Messenger; dam Mr. Thompson's imported 

 mare by Northumberland; grandam by Snap, etc. His fine size 

 and elegant pedigree made Tippoo Saib a very desirable horse to 

 breed to, but for some cause he did not appear much on the turf. 

 He ran a few races and went into the stud early, in the neigh- 

 borhood of Trenton, New Jersey, and in the following year was 

 at Goshen, Fishkill, and Pine Plains, New York. My impression 

 is he was then returned to West Jersey and Bucks County, Penn- 

 sylvania, where he was probably owned in his latter days. His 

 sons Tippoo Sultan, Financier and others, acquired great fame on 

 the turf. His connection with the trotting lines of descent is 

 very distinct, but not very prominent. 



SIR SOLOMON was got by imported Messenger; dam Camilla by 

 Cephalus; grandam Camilla by imported Fearnought and out of 

 imported Calista, etc. He was foaled about 1800, bred by General 

 Gunn, of Georgia, who seems to have kept Camilla and perhaps 

 others in the North for the purpose of breeding. The pedigree 

 on the side of this dam is an excellent one and would seem to 

 justify the owner in seeking to get the best crosses possible into 

 his stud. When five years old he was sold to Mr. Bond, of Phila- 

 delphia, for two thousand dollars. His races were numerous and 

 often successful, beating some of the best horses of his day, and 

 among them the famous Miller's Damsel, also by Messenger, 

 over the Harlem Course in heats of four miles. Not much is 

 known of his stud services, and he seems to have been kept 



