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ger, and Cousin's Messenger were all sons of Messenger and got 

 by him while he was in West Jersey, but as nothing has been 

 developed concerning their maternal breeding nor the character 

 of their progeny, I will pass them over with this bare record that 

 such horses existed. 



SARATOGA. This son of Messenger was a flea-bitten grey and 

 was foaled about 1805. It is believed he was bred on Long 

 Island, but nothing is known of the blood of his dam. He was 

 driven in harness and did service in several counties in Penn- 

 sylvania, and was sold at auction in Philadelphia to James Du- 

 bois of Salem, New Jersey. He was a great, strong horse, and was 

 kept at work on the farm of his owner, covering mares only a& 

 opportunity offered. He was a slashing trotter, but it was only 

 when his owner was away from home and got an extra drink or 

 two that anybody ever had an opportunity to see how fast he 

 could go. A number of his progeny were fast trotters; among 

 them a mare called Charlotte Gray that was the fastest of her 

 day in all that region. Among his sons, one called Dove was- 

 greatly distinguished in the stud. 



NESTOR AKD DELIGHT. These were sons of Messenger, the 

 former bred in Orange County, New York, in 1802, and was at 

 "Warwick in that county^ 1807 in charge of Nehemiah Finn. The 

 latter was bred in Westchester County in 1806, and made the 

 season of 1827 at Warwick, New York, in charge of John G-. 

 Blauvelt, and is probably the horse that was more widely known 

 as Blauvelt's Messenger. The breeding of the dams of both 

 these horses is very uncertain. 



MOUNT HOLLY was a grey horse, fifteen and a half hands high. 

 He was foaled about 1807 and was bred by Colonel Udell, of Long 

 Island. His dam was by Bajazet, and his grandam was by Ba- 

 shaw. Not much is known of him till he was well advanced in 

 years and was taken to Dutchess County. Daniel T. Cock knew 

 him well on the island, and he assured rne he was a trotter in the 

 true sense of the word. The late Mr. Daniel B. Haight, a horse- 

 man of excellent judgment and knowledge, knew him very well,, 

 and he describes him as of the true Messenger grey, and a smooth, 

 well-finished horse all over. His offspring were smooth, hand- 

 some, and remarkably tough, and from their kindly tempers they 

 were easily managed and made horses fit for any service. The 

 most noted of his get were the famous trotters Paul Pry and Mr. 

 Tredwell's grey mare that went to England. His cross appears 



