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VOLUME XXVIII.— No. 9. 
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER, 1SG9. 
NEW SERIES— No. 272. 
'•C A S S I U S M. CLAY, Jr."- 
The magnificent horse 'whose portrait we 
here present is perhaps as good a type of the 
American trotter of the present day as could 
he selecte'd in the whole country. He is high 
bred, reckoning his pedigree from some of the 
most famous thoroughbreds and getters of 
trotting stock ever in the country. His sire, 
Cassius M Clay (also sire of Geo. M. Patchen), 
and his grandsire, Andrew Jackson, were 
famous trotters. The last combined two strains 
of Messenger blood, and his sire, Young Bashaw, 
was famed as a getter of trotting stock. On the 
side of the dam, also, C. M. Clay, Jr., receives 
another strong dash of Messenger blood, his 
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■From a Painting Painted by Edwin Forbes. - 
grandsire Chancellor being by Mambrino, son 
of Imported Messenger. He is of a rich brown 
color, nearly 10 hands high. His legs are clean 
and flat, his shoulders sloping, chest deep, and 
back short. He has powerful hind quarters, and 
a fine, graceful carriage, hightened by a beauti- 
fully set on head, and a fine flowing mane and 
heavy tail. The eye is remarkably full, and his 
hoofs are round and solid. He is now owned 
by that enterprising firm, R. S. Strader & Co., 
of Bullittsville, Ky., and is the sire of a number 
of horses already famous, and of others who 
are promising candidates for high honors 
upon the turf. S. T. H., in the Turf, Field 
•Drawn and engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
and Farm, says that "all of his colts that 
have been trained have shown themselves 
worthy of their lineage in size, color, bottom, 
and speed," and that "even his grandsons, like 
those of Old Hambletonian, are showing fine 
promise." This noble animal combines more 
useful qualities than it is common to find — a 
near approximation to perfection in form, with 
large size, great power, great fleetness, perfect 
trotting action, remarkable endurance, and a 
good constitution. These are characteristics we 
cannot too assiduously cultivate in all kinds of 
horses, and they should always, if possible, be 
combined with a docile and kindly disposition. 
