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Kemble said " alone did it quite well," as if there were a 

 mixture of French or Bellfounder blood to taint it. 



Kysdyk's Hanibletonian has been the most successful in 

 nicking with the blood of American Star, as his two fastest 

 sons testify. All that I ever heard of the pedigrees of 

 American Star was, that he was by Henry, though I have 

 seen several of his colts, and they all show a great deal 

 of blood in their appearance, so much so, that I think he 

 must have been thoroughbred, or these colts from very 

 well-bred mares. Clipper is a great-grandson of Messenger, 

 his dam being by Whip, Comet, and her dam by Messenger. 

 Pilot, Jr.'s, dam was a great-grand-daughter of Sir Archy. 

 I have yet to see the first instance of a horse being a successful 

 getter of trotters that was not strongly imbued with racing Hood. 



If diluted till the proportion of cold blood is greater 

 than the pure, the animal will be a failure, and I would 

 under no consideration breed from even a scion of the 

 Messenger stock, that was impregnated with much mongrel 

 blood. Had the inbreeding of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, 

 been on the Bellfounder in place of the Messenger, I have 

 no doubt that he would have been as pre-eminently worth- 

 less as he now is good. Cassius M. Clay takes a front 

 rank as a breeder, and if his renown only rested on the 

 paternity of Geo. M. Patchen, it would be glory enough, 

 as he was, without doubt, the very foremost trotter of them 

 all. His numerous contests with Flora Temple were 

 remarkable, while his private time was such as no horse 

 ever exhibited, and gave a color of truth to the report 

 that he could have trotted much faster in public, if that 

 had suited the " book " of his manager. Cassius M. Clay 

 was by Henry Clay, and out of the dam of John Anderson. 

 I have seen an advertisement in the Old Spirit, that John 

 Anderson's dam was imported Yestris, by Charles the XII. 

 Never having heard before of this highly bred imported 

 mare being claimed as an ancestress for Clay or Patcheu, 



