142 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



dam by the Duke of Bolton's gray horse Little 

 John, son of Old Partner. He passed from Mr. 

 Atkinson to Lord Grosvenor and won his first 

 race at Newmarket in 1773. In another race 

 at Newmarket he beat Florizel by Herod, 

 one of the best horses of his day. He 

 raced until 1779, the year he fell lame while 

 running in the Craven Stakes, when he was re- 

 tired to the stud. Only two of Mambrino's get 

 were imported to this country. One was Mes- 

 senger and the other was a chestnut mare, Mam- 

 brina, foaled in 1875, bred by Lord Grosvenor 

 and imported into South Carolina in 1787. 

 Among her produce was Eliza by imported Bed- 

 ford, who, bred to Sir Archy, produced Bertrand, 

 sire of Gray Eagle, whose blood is a factor in a 

 number of trotters of merit. One of the great 

 races of the period was that at the Washington 

 course, Charleston, South Carolina, February 25, 

 1826. It was three-mile heats, and four heats 

 were required to decide the matter. Bertrand 

 demonstrated his gameness by winning from 

 Aratus and Creeping Kate. In Kentucky Ber- 

 trand stood high as a sire. I draw attention to 

 the racing career of Bertrand for the purpose of 

 conveying to the reader an idea of the form of 



