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sustain great exertion for any length of time that has not ample space for th» 

 carriage of his breakfast. One of Abdallah's best points is his deep and 

 capacious chest, which allows the utmost freedom to his respiratory organs ; 

 "through the heart" he will measure with almost any crack on the turf. His 

 forearm and second thigh are made up of long, dry muscle; there is nothing 

 " beefy " about him. His neck and head, though well shaped and properly 

 set on, are rather heavy, like most of the Messenger stock; still his eye 

 denotes good temper, combined with a high degree of intelligence. As it is 

 some time since we have seen Abdallah, and we have no notes whatever to 

 refer to, our correspondent, for the present, will be kind enough, we hope, to 

 take the will for the deed, and accept the above, which we have writen from 

 memory — for we never forget a horse that has once engaged our attention — as 

 the best description of him we can give olT hand. Wm. T. Porter. 



It also gives me great pleasure to insert the following, from the pen 

 of one who knew Abdallah well, and whose capability and faithful 

 accuracy will need no voucher — Mr. Alden Goldsmith, a living horse- 

 man of national reputation: 



Abdallah was, in color, very dark bay, or bay brown ; in height, 15.^ hands ; 

 rather leggy, with a slim body. He had a clean, bony head, rather large, but 

 his clear, full eye made it very expressive. It was set on a long and very 

 finely-formed neck, and this fine neck was joined to as high, thin and blood- 

 like looking shoulder as ever was seen on a race-horse. His shoulders were 

 very deep, whicli gave him great heart room ; he was what horsemen call flat- 

 ribbed — hips very long and fair width ; the muscles well set down toward the 

 hock, but laid on flat, which, without careful examination, gave him the 

 appearance of being light-quartered. His tail was very tliin and light, and 

 high set ; when in motion, he carried it high. When led out of his stall, he 

 seemed to be all nerve and energy ; his gait was long, low and sweeping ; 

 some would say he lacked knee-action, and that his hind legs were too straight 

 to become the sire of great trotters. Although, taking him all in all, he was 

 probably the most remarkable trotting sire ever produced on this continent, 

 the breeders of Orange county rejected him, and he was taken away from the 

 county because he would not pay expenses. The objection to him was, that 

 his get were nei-vous and lacked "brain balance." I must mention one other 

 feature about him, which was his ear : this was long, very thin and exceed- 

 ingly sharp — a feature so marked in its shape as to stamp any ear of like form 

 as being an "Abdallah ear." 



Mr. Timothy T. Kissam, a nephew of Mr. Tredwell, the breeder of 

 Abdallah, wrote as follows, concerning him: 



Abdallah had a long, clean head; ear long and tapering; eyes lively and of 

 medium size; neck light and set low on the withers; up carriage, and when 

 in action, head perpendicular ; shoulders upright ; deep in girth ; full chested ; 

 forelegs very wide apart, causing him to stand with his toes in ; light bone, 

 especially below the knees and hocks ; knees little forward ; flat-ribbed and 



