CHAPTER XX. 



SMUGGLER. 



Smuggler, the property of Col. H. S. Russell, of Milton, Mass., 

 was foaled in Ohio, in 1866, and is now past twelve years old. He 

 was bred by Mr. John M. Morgan, then of Franklin county, Ohio, 

 and near to the capital of that State. His sire was Blanco, a son of 

 Iron's Cadmus, and he a son of Cadmus, the thoroughbred son of 

 Amei'ican Eclipse, from Die Vernon, a daughter of Ball's Florizel, a 

 son of imp. Diomed. The dam of Smuggler was by Blind Tuckahoe; 

 second dam by Jones' Oscar; third dam by Shepard's Consul. Such 

 is the pedigree given to the public; but I have no such familiarity 

 with these families as to enable me to speak on authority. It has 

 also been said that the dam of Blanco was by the same Blind Tuck- 

 ahoe. By reference to other members of this Cadmus family, it will 

 be seen that the elements of speed and those high qualities that mark 

 Smuggler, have come out elsewhere, thus depriving him of the char- 

 acter of an isolated or casual instance of superior attainments com- 

 ing from an obscure channel. The original Cadmus was bred in the 

 following manner: 



By American Eclipse, 

 First dam Die Vernon, by Ball's Florizel; 

 Second dam by Oscar ; 

 Tliird dam by Hero ; 

 Fourth dam by imported Gabriel ; 

 Fifth dam Active, by Chatham ; 

 Sixth dam Shepherdess, by imported Slim; 

 Seventh dam Shrewsbury, by imported Figure ; 

 Eighth dam Thistle, by imported Dove ; 

 Ninth dam Stella, by imported Otliello; 

 Tenth dam imported Selima, by Godolphin Arabian. 



He was, in 1840, owned in Warren county, Ohio, and there produced 

 Iron's Cadmus, from a reputed daughter of Brunswick, a son of Sum- 

 ter. This horse — Iron's Cadmus — was large and very powerful, with 



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