3^ti THE HORSE OF AMERICA. 



Faster time has since been made to wagon, but probably not with 

 this weight and at this distance. As a weight-puller for three 

 miles I believe he still remains the champion. He was a very 

 strongly built chestnut horse, arid was got by Andrew Jackson 

 the last year of his life. 



The pedigree of his dam was in confusion for a long time. 

 Her name was Fanny Kemble. There were a number of run- 

 ning-bred mares named after that very popular actress, and every- 

 body who had anything tracing to "Fanny Kemble" was sure 

 that that particular mare was the dam of Kemble Jackson. In the 

 first volume of the "Register" he is given as out of Fanny Kem- 

 *ble by Sir Archy, and in the second volume there was some fairly 

 good evidence that he was out of Fanny Kemble by Hunt's 

 Eagle, tracing on through running lines. It is true he was out 

 of a mare called Fanny Kemble, but neither of the two foregoing. 

 Her blood was wholly unknown. The Hon. Ely Moore was a 

 member of Congress, and when on his way to Washington in 1839 

 he saw a very fine, stout-looking mare hitched to a gig in the 

 city of Baltimore. She was a chestnut and showed such ability 

 to handle a great heavy gig with ease and rapidity that he bought 

 her. He bought her for what she was herself and not for what 

 her blood was. There was no evidence asked or given as to how 

 she was bred. This mare produced several foals to Andrew 

 Jackson, the youngest of which was Kemble Jackson. While he 

 was still a colt, Mr. Moore presented him to his son-in law, G. 

 U. Reynolds, who still owned him when he died. Mr. Reynolds 

 is an intelligent and very reputable man, and this is the history 

 of the origin of Kemble Jackson as given to me in person by 

 him. Mr. Moore paid two hundred and fifty dollars for this 

 mare Fanny Kemble, and she was so handsome and so fast on the 

 road that he considered her a very cheap mare. The company 

 never was too hot nor the road too long for her. 



Everybody has heard of "The Kemble Jackson Check" and 

 nearly everybody, until within the last few years at least, has 

 been using* it without knowing just why or when it can 

 be used with advantage. When in the hands of Hiram Wood- 

 ruff, Kemble Jackson got into the habit of bringing his chin back 

 against his breast, and in that shape Hiram could pull on him all 

 day without getting control of him. In this dilemma, Mr. 

 Reynolds suggested an overdraw check which might prevent the- 

 indulgence of this bad habit. Hiram took the suggestion, had 



