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by Regulus, son of Godolphin Arabian, started four 

 times in England, won eight races, and received for- 

 feit twice. He was imported into America in 1788, 

 one year after Mambrina, and, as racing was then 

 under a cloud, was bred to all sorts of mares and 

 founded a great trotting family. Lewis G. Morris 

 owned a thoroughbred daughter of imp. Sourcrout, 

 and her nuptial with Messenger resulted in a gray 

 horse foaled in 1806 and named Mambrino. John 

 Tredwell of Long Island bred a chestnut mare to 

 the Morris horse, Mambrino by Messenger, and the 

 outcome was a bay horse called Abdallah, foaled in 

 1823. 



Mr. David Bonner has preserved a paper, now 

 yellow with the breath of time, from which I 

 extract : 



" Mr. Rysdyk, who knew Abdallah through and 

 through, says he was about the finest horse that 

 he ever saw that he was loaded down with good 

 points. In describing him Mr. Rysdyk said: 'He 

 was powerful in the back, loins, and quarters, with 

 the most beautiful width of back that I ever saw in 

 my life. His motion was exceedingly springy, vig- 

 orous, and elastic, and he had the quickest knee 

 action that I ever saw in any horse/ Abdallah was 

 taken to Kentucky in 1839, where he remained for 

 several years, and left a fine strain of Messenger 

 blood. But his colts on Long Island beginning to 

 show well as trotters, William Simonson and John 

 Buckley went to Kentucky, bought him, and brought 

 him back to New York. He subsequently went to 



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