170 MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



horse. He was the son of " Membrino," one of the most superb 

 running horses ever on the Enghsh turf. It is enough for us to 

 name among his immediate descendants, " Hambletonian," 

 " Abdallah " and " Engineer." The renowned " Lady Suffolk " 

 was his great-grand-daughter. The Hambletonians are a cross 

 between the Morgans and Messengers, having the beauties of 

 both. 



"We have been thus explicit because we are bound, as part of 

 our duty, to notice the stallion entered by the president, James 

 Thompson, Esq., for a premium, and to which we cheerfully 

 awarded the first one of fifty dollars. 



This excellent animal was foaled July 6th, 1863. He is of a 

 beautiful bay and dappled in the summer ; heavy black mane 

 and tail ; weighs eleven hundred and sixty pounds, and is 

 sixteen hands high. He is short back, close built, well ribbed 

 up, and a coat fine and silky. His two hind feet are white 

 nearly to the fetlock ; he is admirably well broken or trained, 

 and bids fair to be a remarkable traveller. His sire is Taylor's 

 Berkshire " Black Hawk ; " his grandsire " old Black Hawk ; " 

 his great-grandsire " Sherman Morgan," the son of the famous 

 " Justin Morgan." 



On the maternal side, his mother was " Lady Swan," a fine 

 Hambletonian mare. So you perceive he has the " Morgan " 

 and the " Black Hawk" from his sire, and the " Messenger " 

 from the Hambletonian mother. And he shows the best points 

 of both stocks. He has shown himself to be one of the best 

 stock getters ever in this county ; his colts are very vigorous 

 and healthy, strongly marked by the sire, and, as far as they 

 have been shown at the fairs, have taken the highest premiums. 

 His capacity for travel, the power he has of transmitting his 

 excellent marks so strongly to his progeny, and his high pedi- 

 gree, give to him so great a money value, that we fear our 

 small community cannot offer sufficient inducement for the 

 owner to keep him in this county. We hope the society will, 

 if possible, retain him, by making compensation from its own 

 funds sufficient to satisfy the proprietor. In closing, we say to 

 the farmers of Nantucket, that they should look very much to 

 the qualities of a stock horse when they intend to raise a colt 

 for market. Speed is what now sells in the market at most 

 fabulous prices. Bonner of New York, has just paid fifty 



