~4 CONSTERNATION 



a compact, and, for a thorough -bred, very bony horse, like his 

 immediate ancestors, Confederate, Curiosity, Figaro, &c. In- 

 deed, his sire, Confederate, after being withdrawn from the turf, 

 was kept by his breeder. Earl Fitzwilliam, to breed hunters and 

 carriage-horses from, owing to i.is size, bone, and symmetry, — 

 properties which eminently marked his progeny. His dam, Cu- 

 riosity, was a large, strong mare ; and her sire, Figaro, possessed 

 the same characteristics. The size and bone of Consternation 

 are not, therefore, accidental, or merely individual traits ; they 

 belong to his family, and are, consequently, far more likely tc 

 be transmitted to his descendants ; and experience has shown, 

 that he almost mvariably transmits these properties to his de- 

 scendants.* 



Consternation is beautifully symmetrical in all his proportions, 

 with a plumpness and roundness of outline unusual in the 

 thorough-bred ; more like a perfect hunter, or exceedingly stylish 

 carriage-horse, but without a particle of coarseness, cloddiness, or 

 deviation from a true blood-like look. 



He is a horse of extrt, ordinary mettle and activity, rapid in all 

 his paces, singularly elastic and graceful in his movements. He 

 walks nearly five miles an hour, and is a beautiful and rapid 

 trotter. We believe he might be made a fleet, if not a " crack" 

 trotter, under the training of Woodruff or Wheelan. He ran 

 but one race in England, beating Phcenician, at York. (See 

 Johnson's Racing Calendar, 1845.) He was entered for the St. 

 Leger, but, owing to an accident, which injured his off fore-leg, 

 he was disqualified temporarily, and perhaps permanently, from 

 running. Before this point was decided, Mr. Albot purchased 

 and imported him to America for a breeding stallion. He was 

 selected with more especial reference to the improvement of our 

 common stock of horses. 



Consternation arriyed in the United States in the latter part 

 of June, 1845, and was shown in the September following, while 

 still suffering from the effects of his voyage, at the N. Y. State 

 Fair at Utica. He received the first premium in the class of 

 blood horses, beating Mr. Hungerford's Sir Henry, Mr. Crosby's 

 Florizelle, Mr. Thompson's Sir Charles — ^the viewing committee 

 consisting of Col. J. M. Sherwood, Hon. John A. King, and Col. 

 Edward Long. He was not again shown at a State Fair until 

 1849, at Syracuse. He here received the certificate of superior- 



* The writer of this has seen perhaps fifty colts, from one to three years 

 old, the get of Consternation, from common dams, and those possessing dif- 

 ferent proportions of blood. Every one of these has shown good size, and 

 quite as much bone as it is common to see in the get of the common coarse 

 stallions of the country. 



