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the descendants of the daughter of Messenger. 

 American Eclipse, the son of Miller's Damsel, 

 was not the only worthy representative of Mes- 

 senger on the running turf. The corner-stones 

 of the English thoroughbred structure are the 

 Byerly Turk, the Godolphin Arabian, and the 

 Darley Arabian. Herod, Matchem, and Eclipse 

 were the live lines descending from these, and 

 the intermingling of the strains has given us 

 the grandest specimens of the equine race. In 

 breeding for harness speed we must keep track 

 of the live lines, just as men of judgment and 

 experience do in breeding for speed under the 

 saddle. Sir Archy, who was called the Godol- 

 phin of America, has made his influence felt in 

 trotting evolution through his sons, Kosciusko, 

 Stockholder, and Timoleon, the latter the sire 

 of Boston, the sire of Lexington. 



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Lewis G. Morris bred a mare by imported 

 Sour Crout to Messenger, and the produce in 

 1806 was a bay colt who developed into a horse 

 of 1 6 hands and is known to history as Mam- 

 brino. He was never trained in harness, but 

 was a natural trotter. Betsy Baker, the fastest 



