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rapid, swinging walk, a slashing trot, and running speed of first 

 order. He was the sire of Betsy Baker, of Abdallah, who sired 

 Rysdyk's Hambletonian, of Mambrino-Paymaster, who sired 

 Mambrino Chief, from whom we have such stars as Lady Thorn, 

 Mambrino Pilot, Bay Chief, etc. This son of Messenger stands 

 at the head as a progenitor of trotters. 



Next comes HAMBLETONIAN. He is also a thorough-bred, a 

 dark bay, fifteen hands and one inch high, beautifully moulded, 

 and without a single weak point. He was the sire of Topgal- 

 lant, Whalebone, Sir Peter, Trouble, and Shakespeare, all rank- 

 ing among the first of American trotters. 



ABDALLAH has many noted celebrities tracing to him. He 

 was foaled at Jamaica, Long Island, in 1826. His sire was 

 Mambrino, his dam Amazonia, a daughter of Messenger. Thus 

 Abdallah was closely in-bred. He was a bay, and plain like 

 his sire, but inherited the trotting quality. He was trained at 

 four years old, and considered the fastest young horse of his 

 day. To be able to say a horse is " out of an Abdallah mare," 

 is enough to commend him to a horseman. 



BELLFOUNDER is another imported horse that added something 

 to the trotting power. He was foaled 1817, and brought from 

 England to Boston by James Boot. He was a bay of fine form, 

 size, and action, and transmitted these characteristics to his 

 offspring. 



The imported Arabian, GRAND BASHAW, is more largely 

 known, because he was fortunate to have been used on some 

 mares sired by Messenger, when in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 



YOUNG BASHAW, a son of the Arabian, was the first and only 

 one of the whole stock that was blessed with power to trot. 

 His dam was a granddaughter of Messenger. 



Diomed Descendants. The American horses that have 

 become noted as trotters and sires of trotters, and having no 

 Messenger blood, are not numerous. Sir Henry, famous com- 

 petitor of American Eclipse and Duroc, both descended from 

 Duroc, have transmitted the power to trot to their descend- 

 ants. 



SEELY'S AMERICAN STAR has sired some famous trotters. He 



