152 THE HORSE 



Lady Suffolk, foaled in 1833, was by Engineer, 

 a son of Imported Messenger (thoroughbred) ; her 

 dam by Plato, also a son of Imported Messenger. 



Flora Temple, foaled about 1845, was by One- 

 Eyed Hunter, a son of Kentucky Hunter (thor- 

 oughbred) . 



We find in every one of these horses a large 

 proportion of thorough blood ; two out of the four 

 whose breeding is known are descendants of Mes- 

 senger, and Lady Suffolk is not only inbred to 

 Messenger but is only one remove from him on her 

 sire's side and two on her dam's. 



Two old-time stallions, though their fame did 

 not come till much later, should also be mentioned 

 with the early trotters : 



Abdallah, foaled in 1823, was by Mambrino, a 

 son of Imported Messenger ; his dam the " trot- 

 ting mare " Amazonia. 



American Star, foaled in 1837, and subse- 

 quently noted as a sire of speed-producing daugh- 

 ters, was by American Star; his dam by Henry 

 and his granddam by Messenger. 



It would seem to be obvious that thorough 

 blood was an important element in the make-up 

 of a trotter and also, judging by the examples at 

 hand, that it was well to have it come through 

 Imported Messenger. And I may as well say here 

 as anywhere that events have proved this to be a 



