242 EDWARD EVERETT. 



conformation and that of all his family, transmitted with a degree of 

 positiveness clearly defined, and not to be mistaken, nowhere excelled 

 in that of any family on this continent, point my mind, with entire 

 satisfaction, to the origin of his maternal ancestor, and all the pecu- 

 liarities which so clearly mark him and his produce. 



Still further, I can not be persuaded that Hambletonian could pro- 

 duce such a horse as Edward Everett from any thoroughbred mare. 

 It would be contrary to the well known blood affinities and breeding 

 qvialities of Hambletonian, and an enigma in cross-breeding without 

 a parallel in the history of the family. Hambletonian was a horse 

 made up of curious and rare compounds, and his great exccllenc-es 

 were only drawn out by mares possessing certain blood traits, far 

 removed from those of the strictly thoroughbred. This horse Edward 

 Everett follows in quality and blood traits after the similitude of 

 Hambletonian far too closely to have come from a mare whose quality 

 was only that of a thoroughbred. 



Edward Everett is a small but lengthy-appearing horse. He is 614- 

 inches, or 15 hands l-j inches, in height; his shoulder extends forward, 

 like that of his sire, and he goes far backward at the buttock or pos- 

 terior, which gives him his appearance of length of body. His withoi 3 

 rise more prominently than did those of his sire ; his tail or croup 

 stands not quite so high, and his whirlbone, being much lower, gives 

 him the sloping rump, or drooping hindquarters, quite unlike the 

 Messenger and Bellfounder families. In other respects he greatly 

 resembles his sire, and has much of the Bellfounder form, especially 

 in the barrel and forequarter. His skin is of the finest texture, and 

 he shows a glossy golden-bay coat, not equaled by any son of Ham- 

 liletonian that I have ever seen — all pointing to a horse of very high 

 breeding. His eyes are wide apart, and very prominent, like all the 

 Abdallah family. In point of temj^er he can not be said to be of the 

 best. When I saw him, four years ago, his keeper was afraid of him, 

 and I was limited to a very narrow inspection of him in his stall, 

 where he was tied with three halters, no one, as it seemed, daring to 

 approach him. This, I am told, has been, in large part, owing to 

 improper treatment by those who raised him. 



In this he shows a strong leaning toward the Messenger family, as 

 in many other particulars. He knows the difference between kind 

 and' ill-treatment. He also will not brook undue familiarity; but for 

 all this, he can not be called in any sense a vicious horse. Since 

 passing into Mr. Bonner's hands he has become more docile, and it 



