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In the spring of eighteen hundred and fifty- three he 

 was advertised for service. His full pedigree was 

 given, and twenty-five dollars was again asked to 

 insure a colt. 



The breeders of Orange County, at this early day 

 in the histoiy of the horse, began to appreciate his 

 fine qualities, and to extend to hira a liberal patron- 

 age, as he covered during this season one hundred 

 and one mares, and got seventy-eight colts. His sue-, 

 cess as a stock horse was now fully assured, and with-, 

 out any brilliant performance upon the turf, or any of 

 that puffing and blowing so frequently used both to 

 create and perpetuate the reputation of stallionSj he 

 entered upon a career never equaled in the annals of 

 horse-breeding. In the spring of eighteen hundred and 

 fifty-four a similar advertisement appeared, with the 

 single exception that the price was raised to thirty- 

 five dollars. Eighty-eight mares were served, and 

 sixty-three colts were paid for. In eighteen hundred 

 and fifty-five, at the same place and pri(;e, he served 

 eighty-nine mares, and sixty-four colts were paid ior 



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