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MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



Messenger. — In America, this horse is commonly 

 known as Imported Messenger. He was born in 1780 

 in England, became a successful racer, and as a five-year- 

 old won the King's Plate. He was a gray, 15.3 hands 

 high, with strong loins and powerful hind quarters. Mes- 

 senger was imported to the United States in May, 1788, 

 and placed in the stud. He was in the stud service 



for 20 years in 

 America, stand- 

 ing in Pennsyl- 

 vania, New Jer- 

 sey and New 

 York. He died 

 January 28, 

 1808. His most 

 noted son, Mam- 

 brino, out of a 

 daughter of Im- 

 ported Sour 

 Crout, was born 

 in 1806. He was 

 a bright bay, 

 with a star and 

 high. Mambrino's 

 born in 1823, and 



Fig. 70. — Standardbred Stallion "Directum,' 

 2.0514, 



white ankle, and was 16 hands 



most famous son was Abdallah I., 



out of Amazonia. He was a bay horse, about 15.2 hands 



high, and is described as being rather coarse and lacking 



symmetry. It is also stated that he was of indifferent 



disposition, and was not very popular as a sire. 



Bellfounder. — In America, this horse is commonly 

 known as Imported Bellfounder, and in England as Jary's 

 Bellfounder 55. He was born in 1815, and imported to 

 the United States in 1822, when taken to Orange county. 

 New York, and placed in, stud service. He secured his 

 fame, in the Standardbred foundation, through his daugh- 

 ter, the Charles Kent Mare, the dam of Hambletonian 10, 

 which serves as the connecting link between the English 



