144 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



mare of her day, was sired by him. Amazonia, 

 a snappy chestnut mare of 15.3 hands, showing 

 quality but of untraced blood, and who could 

 trot close to 2.50, was bred to Mambrino, and 

 the outcome was Abdallah, whose registered 

 number is i. He was bred by John Tredwell 

 of Salisbury Place, Long Island, was foaled in 

 1823, and developed into a bay horse of 15.3. 

 As a four-year-old he trotted a mile in 3.10, but 

 was not kind in harness and was principally 

 used under saddle. He made seasons on Long- 

 Island, in New Jersey, and in Orange County, 

 and spent 1840 in the Blue-grass Region of 

 Kentucky. In 1830 he passed to Isaac Snediker, 

 and after many changes of fortune died of starva- 

 tion and neglect on a Long Island beach and 

 was buried in the sand. It is sad to think of a 

 horse through whom was directly transmitted 

 the charmed blood of Messenger ending his 

 days in an atmosphere of cold unappreciation. 

 But such is often the fate of modest merit. The 

 winning performers of Abdallah are Ajax, 2.37-s; 

 Brandywine, 2.36-s; Brooklyn Maid, 2.38; Fourth 

 of July, 2.40; Frank Forrester, 2.30; Lady Ful- 

 ton, 2.59! ; O'Blennis, 2.30; Selim, 2. 32 J; and Sir 

 Walter, 2.27. Only three of these trotted in 



