GALLERY OF CELEBRATED HORSES. 461 



Abdallah. — B. h. ; foaled 1825 ; got by Mambrino, 1449 

 (son of imp. Messenger) ; dam, Amazonia, by a son of imp. 

 Messenger, 1562. Bred by John Tredwell, Esq., near Ja- 

 maica, L. I. Different authorities do not agree on this 

 horse's age ; some making him as early as 1823, others as late 

 as 1826. He was owned by John W. Hunt, Lexington, Ky., 

 1840, and brought back to Long Island the next year. Died 

 1852 at Gravesend, L.I. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Taggart's Abdallah stands fifteen hands three inches high ; 

 weighs 1,050 pounds ; clean, rangy, thorough-bred look, bright 

 dappled bay color, coat like satin, a fine disposition. At the 

 New-England Fair at Manchester, 1870, in soft condition, 

 trotted his mile in 2.28, and repeated a half in 1.121. jjg 

 has shown his trotting-qualities in several public purses. At 

 Saugus, Mass., Providence, R.I., Hillsborough County, for a 

 purse for all horses, he, in every instance, distanced his com- 

 petitors. He is without speck or blemish, and a model of 

 perfection ; and, more, he is the sire of the best trotting- 

 family in New England. 



For further information, address D. M. Taggart, Goffs- 

 town, N.H. (See portrait, p. 64.) 



