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and the same. But when it is shown that the 

 southern Ohio filly had lost her tail, as is stated by 

 the Rev. Mr. Gallagher, and that the filly the boy 

 rode in eastern Ohio looked like her tail had been 

 eaten off by calves, the presumption becomes very 

 strong in favor of the theory that the foot-sore 

 animal the Wilcox brothers traded for and took to 

 New York State was the Cadmus filly Thaddeus Cof- 

 feen rode away the same summer. 



"Irons' Cadums was by Beach's Cadmus, a son of 

 American Eclipse. His dam was a fast pacing mare, 

 that was purchased by Mr. Coffeen from a stranger 

 from Kentucky. He was a rich sorrel, with white 

 legs all around and a faint star in his face. His dam 

 was sorrel with four white legs and a white strip 

 down her face. She generally went at the pace, mov- 

 ing in a quick, nervous 'way, and was supposed to 

 have a good deal of speed. He bred her to Beach's 

 Cadmus and got Irons' Cadmus, which was foaled 

 the joint property of Mr. Coffeen and John Irons, of 

 Lebanon. They were well pleased with the colt, kept 

 him ten years, and only parted with him to close a 

 partnership. He went all gaits and gave evidence 

 of having plenty of natural speed but he was never 

 given a chance to develop it. He is not now remem- 

 bered as a fast horse, his chief claim for the patron- 

 age of breeders being his well-nigh faultless 

 physique, very lofty carriage, frictionless action and 

 uniformly big, rangy, quick selling foals. He was 

 regarded as a phenomenal sire of toppy, long-strid- 

 ing, level-headed carriage horses, rather than a 



