64 THE TROTTING-HORSE OF AMERICA. 



a very early age was Mr. Hall's colt, Young America, by 

 Hoagland's Gray Messenger. He trotted two* races at two 

 years old, on this Island, and won them both. In the first 

 heat he beat a colt by Ethan Allen, and in the next defeated 

 Rocky Hill. The time of this last was about three min- 

 utes and six seconds. The produce of this gray horse of 

 Hoagland's inherit the trotting gift very strongly from 

 him, together with the hearty constitution and cast-iron 

 legs that have commonly been found united in the descend- 

 ants of Old Messenger. Another thing was, that he got most 

 of them gray and in his own likeness. The premature death 

 of this horse was much to be regretted ; for his cover seems 

 to have been almost, or quite, as sure to bring a trotter as 

 that of Hambletonian. His colt out of the Flatbush Maid, 

 and another one of the same age out of Lady Moscow, have 

 had the benefit of a good sound tuition without any forcing 

 and they are a very good example of what may be done with 

 four-year-olds without hurting them in the smallest degree. 

 Blonde is another of the same strain and stamp, and there 

 is a suspicion out that she is very fast. 



The colt Bruno, by Hambletonian, out of a mare said to 

 be of French origin, is another very remarkable instance of 

 great trotting speed early developed. There is no question 

 in my mind about his ability to have beaten any thing that 

 has yet appeared upon the trotting-turf at four years old ; 

 and as there is no reason to believe that he has been at 

 all injured by his training up to this time, the presump- 

 tion is that he will be in the first class of trotters. Taken 

 altogether, I look upon Bruno's three-year-old race as more 

 remarkable than that of Cora in Kentucky, though her 

 three-year-old time was about a second better than he 

 made. The long-scoring, the repeating of the heat, and 

 the shutting-up of an enormous gap during the last, con- 

 tributed to enhance the marvel of the performance. 



It may be doubted whether the taxing of a three-year- 

 old's speed and endurance with such severity ought not to 



