182 THE AMERICAN TROTTING HOKSE. 



Young Bashaw begot trotters, and was really the founder 01 the 

 family, though the name came from his sire and the trotting, 

 through his dam, from Messenger. He was the sire of Black 

 Bashaw, that begot many trotters of distinction in their day, though 

 his opportunities in the stud were very small. Tho descendants of 

 Black Bashaw show the characteristics of their Barbary ancestor 

 in style, form, and disposition. They are generally very handsome 

 and full of spirit. Excitable and resolute beyond most horses, 

 they are distinguished as gamey road horses, and are also remark- 

 able for soundness of legs and feet. As track horses they are often 

 too excitable. Black Bashaw left two sons, Black Dutchman and 

 Lightning, that have distinguished themselves as sires of trotters, 

 although they have both had but very indifferent opportunities. 



Another son of Young Bashaw that begot trotters was Saladin. 

 He was a full brother of Charlotte Temple, a trotter of repute in her 

 day. The Saladins were disposed to go forward in the knees, but 

 were otherwise sound and lived long. 



Andrew Jackson was another son of Young Bashaw. He was 

 the first stallion that trotted in a public race, and was the sire of 

 Henry Clay and of Long Island Black Hawk, both of which be- 

 came famous as sires. Henry Clay was out of a Canadian mare 

 named Surry, that was a fast trotter. He was the first of the 

 Clays, and died in 1867, 30 years old. His descendants have the 

 reputation of being very purely gaited trotters and quitters in 

 races. That they often quit when they seem able to stay to the 

 end is certainly true, and it is probably also true, as suggested by 

 H. T. Helm, Esq., of Chicago, that they do not lack ability, but 

 the disposition to keep up their speed to the end of the race. He 

 says they sulk if anything happens to annoy them. 



George M. Patchen was a Clay — a grandson of Henry Clay — 

 but he never quit. He was uncommonly speedy and lasting in 

 races for a coarse horse. As a sire, Patchen did not meet the ex- 

 pectations of breeders. His get trotted well, but were too liable to 

 curbs, spavins, and ringbones. 



American Girl, a very distinguished trotter, is called a Clay, her 

 putative sire being Amos's Cassius M. Clay, a grandson of Henry 

 Clay. Whoever has been acquainted with the get of this horse 

 must forever doubt that he could beget American Girl out of any 

 mare that ever was foaled. 



Strader's Cassius M. Clay, the sire of several fast trotters, and 

 Neave's Cassius M. Clay, have, done much to perpetuate the fame 

 of the family. Sayre's Black Harry Clay, a son of Neave's Clay, 

 is distinguished by the success of his daughters as brood mares. 



The Morrills are a branch of the Morgans. Young Morrill, the 

 most distinguished of the family as a sire, is rich in Morgan blood. 



