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was a descendant from the grand imported horse 

 Messenger. Young Bashaw, in 1833, was the 

 first sire to appear not tracing to Messenger 

 in the male Hne, but he did in the female line. 

 Sir Henry, appearing in 1833, had Messenger 

 blood on the dam side. Winthrop Messenger, 

 appearing as a sire in 1835, was by imported 

 Messenger, and Almack, same year, was a grand- 

 son of the foundation horse. Harris's Hamble- 

 tonian, very famous in his day, first appeared in 

 1833, ^s the sire of Modesty, 2.40, and he was 

 a grandson of Messenger. Young Engineer 

 first appears in 1835 as sire of Rolla, 2.4 1|. He 

 was a grandson of Messenger and later sired 

 Lady Suffolk. Not until 1837 do we reach a 

 sire destitute of the blood of Messenger, and that 

 is American Boy, thoroughbred son of Awful, 

 2.40 to wagon. The sire of Red Jacket by 

 Duroc appears in 1839; Conqueror in 1839; 

 Abdallah shows up first as a sire of Hector, 2.36 

 and 2.32, in 1840, when he was at least four- 

 teen years old ; Morgan Chester, by Woodbury 

 Morgan, in 1840, and he was the earliest sire of 

 a winner of the Morgan family ; Gifford Morgan 

 by Woodbury Morgan in 1841. Mambrino, the 

 prepotent son of Messenger, does not show as a 



