ii8 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



whose ancestral roots ran directly to the desert 

 from which came Darley Arabian, Godolphin 

 Arabian, and Leeds' Arabian. Miller's Damsel, 

 the dam of American Eclipse, was by imported 

 Messenger, and I recall the time when trotting- 

 horse breeders, who were classed as " Messenger 

 crazy," were advised to go to the descendants of 

 the distinguished four-mile racer for an infusion 

 of this charmed blood. Sir Archy, the sire of 

 Betsey Richards, dam of Gano, was by imported 

 Diomed, and the blood of these two distinguished 

 race-horse progenitors undoubtedly nicked well 

 with that of Messenger. 



The Rodes Mare (daughter of Gano) produced 

 in addition to Lady Thorn the great trotting- 

 speed progenitor, Mambrino Patchen. This dis- 

 tinguished son of Mambrino Chief was bred by 

 Dr. L. Herr of Forest Park, Lexington, Ken- 

 tucky, and was foaled in 1862. He was such a 

 promising yearling that he was purchased by 

 John K. Alexander and taken to Illinois. The 

 price, $1500, was at that time the highest ever 

 paid for a yearling in Kentucky. As a two-year- 

 old Mambrino Patchen was returned to Dr. Herr, 

 who broke him to harness as a three-year-old 

 and used him in the stud. When seven years old 



