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He was not a sure foal-getter, but his stock proved to be of great 

 value. When brought back from Broome County he was blind. 

 He made one season on Long Island in charge of George Tappan; 

 the other seasons till 1847 he was kept in Dutchess County in the 

 neighborhood of his owners. In 1847 he was sold to Mr. Gilbert 

 Holmes and taken to Vermont, where he died after getting one 

 tfolt. Many of his sons were kept as stallions, but the most 

 famous of his get were the mares lola and Lady Moore, and last 

 but not least, his famous son Mambrino Chief, the founder of a 

 great family of trotters in Kentucky. His stock were probably 

 more noted and more highly prized than that of any of the sons 

 of Mambrino that stood in Dutchess County. As Abdallah was 

 the link by which the greatest of all trotting families are con- 

 nected with Messenger, so Mambrino Paymaster is the link 

 through which the family easily entitled to second place reaches 

 the same illustrious original. 



MAMBRIXO JR. (BoxE SWINGER) was a beautiful bay horse, 

 foaled 18*2-, got by Mambrino, son of Messenger; dam not 

 traced. He was bred on Long Island and was owned by George 

 Tappan, near Jericho, Long Island. About 1833-4 he made 

 some seasons at Washington Hollow, Dutchess County. He was 

 .about fifteen hands three inches high arid was considered more 

 blood-like and handsome than most of bis family. He was a 

 strong breeder, giving most of his colts his own elegant color. 



MAMBRINO MESSENGER (commonly known as the Burton 

 Horse) was foaled about 1821. He was got by Mambrino, son of 

 Messenger; dam by Coffin's Messenger, son of Messenger; grandam 

 by Black and All Black; great-grandam by Feather. He was bred 

 by Abram Burton, of Washington Hollow, New York. He was a 

 beautiful bay, about fifteen hands three inches high, and was the 

 .same age as Mambrino Paymaster, and they were rivals for a 

 number of years, each having his friends and adherents. He was 

 finer in the bone, having more finish and beauty than his rival, 

 and what was still more effective with the public, he could out- 

 trot him. Many of his offspring proved to be most excellent 

 roadsters and some of them were fast. He was probably taken to 

 Western New York, but I have not found any trace of his loca- 

 tion or history. This name, Mambrino Messenger, was borne by 

 several other horses of different degrees of affinity to the orig- 

 inals. 



HAMBLETONIAN (HARRIS') (also known as Bristol Grey and 



