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a son of Messenger's. The best illustration, however, of 

 the breeding of trotters, in the section long celebrated for 

 having the best, is the pedigree of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, 

 universally conceded to be the most successful progenitor 

 of fast trotters, for the truth of which the record is convinc- 

 ing proof : 



g , Messenger 



( MambrinoJ ( Sourkrout 



Abdallah 4 ) dam -j I Whirligig 



( Amazonia ' ( dam < 



( Miss Slamerkin 



{imp Bellfounder ( Messenger 



C < 



One Eye < Hambletonian ( dam by Messenger 



( dam by Messenger 



This pedigree shows more inbreeding than that of Lady 

 Suffolk or Ariel, which you instanced as proving that the 

 danger of incestuous crosses might not be as imminent 

 as was generally believed, and this horse will greatly 

 strengthen your argument. His grandam, though only 

 a grand-daughter of Messenger, had five parts in eight of 

 his blood, which would give the Bellfounder mare five in 

 sixteen, and Eysdyk's Hambletonian, therefore, obtained 

 from her five in thirty-two, and from his sire, Abdallah, 

 four in thirty-two, thus giving him more of the blod than 

 his sire, though he was a grandson of Messenger. 



The dam of Andrew Jackson was bred the same as 

 Hambletonian, being three-quarters Messenger, so that if 

 the Bellfounder mare had been bred to him, the colt would 

 have more Messenger blood than Rysdyk's Hambletonian, 

 though he would have been called a Bashaw. To carry 

 the illustration further : Suppose One Eye had been bred 

 to Andrew Jackson, the progeny would have been half 

 Messenger, and one-eighth Bashaw, thus : 



