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To call this colt a Bashaw, because his sire was in lineal 

 descent from the Barb, would be absurd, and from the fact 

 that Andrew Jackson had one-eighth more Messenger 

 than Bashaw blood, his progeny should be accredited to 

 the dominant strain, especially when we see it further 

 refreshed by another current, as in the case of Jupiter. 

 I am under the impression that there have been more 



