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be traced through Romp, by imported Messenger out of 

 the imported Pot-8-os mare, who was out of a mare by 

 Gimcrack. 



A notable line of trotters was founded by the Barb horse 

 Grand Bashaw, who was moreover jet-black, and was 

 imported from Tripoli in 1820. Through his famous 

 grandson, Andrew Jackson, he became the founder of the 

 Clays, though some of these had an unenviable reputation for 

 want of courage in a closely contested race. This unfor- 

 tunate trait is generally admitted to have been introduced 

 by the dam of Henry Clay, a Canadian mare named Surry, 

 who was herself a trotting mare. Andrew Jackson, however, 

 was also sire of Long Island Black-Hawk, who, distinguished 

 both as a trotter and a sire, left a long line of descendants 

 sans peur et saiis reproche. 



Beside Messenger and Bellfounder must be placed Justin 

 Morgan as a most illustrious ancestor of trotting horses, 

 and here again the value of thoroughbred blood is shown, 

 for there is little doubt his sire, True Briton, or, as he is 

 sometimes called. Beautiful Bay, was thoroughbred, while 

 his dam was said to be of the Wildair breed, and undoubtedly 

 possessed a large share of good blood. Justin Morgan was 

 foaled in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1793, and was bought 

 when two years old by the gentleman, Mr. Justin Morgan, 

 after whom he was named. Though the horse himself and 

 his immediate descendants in the first generation had no 

 great speed, they had many admirable qualities which they 

 have transmitted to their progeny, and their blood has been 

 valuable for crossing with the other strains. It is through 

 three sons of the old horse — Woodbury Morgan, foaled in 

 1816, Bulrush Morgan, and Sherman — that lineal descent 

 can now be chiefly traced. 



A renowned animal, with undoubted good blood in his 

 veins, that appeared later upon the scene was old Black 

 Pilot, the Canadian pacer, who introduced a hardy and 

 invaluable strain and was a most impressive sire. He could 

 pace a mile in 2.26 carrying 11 st. 11 lbs. on his back, although 

 he was under 15 hands in height, and thus proved himself 

 an admirable weight-carrier. He was purchased from a 



