CHAPTER XXI 



THE CLAY FAMILY 



Grand Bashaw was an iron-gray horse of 15 

 hands, foaled in 181 6, and imported from Tripoli 

 in August, 1820, by Joseph B. Morgan. The 

 official record says : " He was selected by the 

 importer from the best stock of Oriental horses 

 in that country ; and it is believed that in point 

 of beauty, action, and speed he is not excelled by 

 any horse ever imported into the United States." 

 His first duties in the stud were in Montgomery 

 County, near Philadelphia. Pearl, a daughter of 

 First Consul and Fancy by imported Messenger, 

 was bred to him, and the result was Young Bashaw, 

 who produced, out of a trotting and pacing mare, 

 Andrew Jackson, the sire of Henry Clay. The 

 latter was a black horse, foaled in 1837, and dam 

 Lady Surrey, a fast trotting mare brought from 

 Canada and owned by George M. Patchen. 

 Henry Clay was a horse of great vitality, and for 

 several years previous to his death was owned 

 by General James Wadsworth of Geneseo, New 



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