CHAPTER XL 



FOUNDATION SIRES 



Messenger, gray horse, bred in England by John 

 Pratt; born In 1780; Imported into America in 1788. 

 Died at Oyster Bay, Long Island, N. Y., January 28, 

 1808. Was a thoroughbred, vvho ran in races; by 

 Mambrino, by Engineer, by Sampson; first dam by 

 Turf, second dam sister to Figurante, by Regulus, 

 by Godolphin Arabian. 



Mambrino, bay horse of 16 hands, born In 1806; 

 by imp. Messenger; dam by Imp. Sourcrout, a thor- 

 oughbred. Was a natural trotter, and the sire of 

 Betsey Baker, the fastest trotting mare of her day. 



Abdallah, bay horse of 15.3 hands, bred by John 

 Tredv/ell of Salisbury Place, Long Island; born In 

 1823; died in November, 1854. By Mam.brino, by 

 imp. Messenger; dam Amazonia, a chestnut mare of 

 15.3 hands, showing quality, but of untraced blood. 



Hambletonian (Rysdyk's), bay horse of 15.2 

 hands, bred by Jonas Seely of Sugar Loaf, Orange 

 County, N. Y. ; born May 5, 1849; sold as a suck- 

 ling to William M. Rysdyk of Chester, Orange 

 County, N. Y. ; died March 27, 1876. By Abdallah, 

 first dam the Charles Kent mare, a bay of 15.3 hands, 

 by Imp. Bellfounder, a Norfolk trotter of 15 hands; 



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