A MESSENGER. 347 



Gooding's champion. 



King's Champion, as stated in the above extract, was sire of 

 Gooding's Champion, now owned by T. W. and W. Gooding, 

 Canandaigua, New York. He is a bay horse, and was foaled in 1854. 



The dam of Gooding's Champion was the trotting mare Cynthia. 

 Her pedigree is given as follows: By Bartlett's Turk, by Weddle's 

 imported Turk; the dam of Turk by Young Diomed. Cynthia's 

 dam was Fanny, by Scoby's Black Prince. Fanny's dam was Bett, 

 by Rock Planter, son of Duroc. Bett's dam, Kate, a Messenger 

 mare, from Dutchess. This pedigree may be all correct, but I 

 know nothing of it, and can shed no light upon it. The mare 

 Cynthia was bred by Benjamin Gould, of Cayuga county, New York, 

 and this pedigree is given by him. 



Gooding's Champion has been owned by Messrs. Gooding since 

 18G9. He was foaled in 1854, and is described as follows: Fifteen 

 hands three inches high, bright bay, with black legs, mane and tail. 

 He is a horse of considerable substance, of very stylish and handsome 

 appearance, and whose make-up will bear the keenest criticism. His 

 legs and feet are excellent, tail and mane are heavy, but silky. He is 

 very intelligent, perfectly kind and tractable; but, withal, he is of 

 very active and courageous disposition, and this may have in part 

 given rise to the belief in the mind of his first owner, that he was 

 dangerous and uncontrollable. 



It would seem that all of this family were true Messengers in the 

 matter of temper. 



The following extracts from another contribution to 'Wallace's 

 Monthly give some insight into the history of Gooding's Champion 

 and the character of the family: 



Gooding's Champion was bred by Aylmer Utt, of Springport, Cayuga 

 county, who regarded Champion much as people regard a tiger — a very hand- 

 some animal wlien in a cage. He was kept in a deserted log house till he 

 was nearly nine years old, and during this time only got two colts, so far as 

 known. He was only an ornament to the "establishment with which he was 

 connected, his owner not daring to .put him to any practical use. This 

 inactivity was owing to the fear of his owner and not to any viciousness of 

 the horse; for he is perfectly kind, only very high spirited. It is very much 

 to be regretted that he did not fall into appreciative hands at an early age, as 

 the first nine years of his life we/e a great loss to the breeding community. 

 When eleven years old, it is reported, he trotted his first and only race at 

 Springport, getting a record of 2:36. He was sold, when nine years old, to 

 James Stearns and D. L. Simmons, in the neighborhood. They sent him to 



