HISTOEY 



OF THE TROTTING HORSE. 



I NOW arrive, in the due course of my subject, at wliat may be 

 called, without fear of contradiction, the most truly character- 

 istic and national type of the horse, and phase of horsemanship, 

 in America. 



I mean, of course, the Trotting Horse, and the riding and 

 driving of Trotters, as well on the road, as on courses regularly 

 prepared for this most popular of sports. 



And in this place I refer with pleasure to the beautiful en- 

 graving from an excellent painting by Mr. W. F, Attwood, of 

 Young Black Hawk, better known as Yernol's Black Hawk^ 

 who is claimed, and held by many competent judges, to be the 

 best trotting stallion now on the road. 



He was got by Long Island Black Hawk, out of the Whip 

 mare. She was by old Kentucky Whip, and her dam a Shak- 

 speare mare, herself a good trotter. Old Black Hawk was by 

 Andrew Jackson, out of a grand-daughter of Messenger. 



Andrew Jackson was by Young Bashaw, out of a daughter 

 of Messenger. 



Young Bashaw was by the imported Barb, Grand Bashaw, 

 out of the famous trotting mare Sally Miller. 



Sally Miller was by Mambrino, a half-bred son of Messen- 

 ger, her dam unknown. 



It is seen at once by this pedigree, which may be relied 

 upon as authentic, that Yernol's Black Hawk has a very large 

 proportion of pure thorough-blood in his veins. 



In Europe, and in England, perhaps, more especially, the 



