The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-12

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.crption Of his wonderful raes last ssnnss,
Wien, With running mate, i lsat Dsxtss
the King Of the Turf" - &u 2:l6
and 2:17.
/ Ola Messenger ~ imports 49, l7se.
There il rome obscurity = = shdL esciap
time Of his importation, 1st - = = ~
fact or g 70 the purity o. NJ Mod L ~
The progenitor Of many lannon's - sss,
among them American eclipse. ~ gtTeat
fame i psrpstuassd, and eveg ~ ~ y he
fUad and trutsing suck 81 tie S0ushy, winch
il useqealed in - world.
Ia 1901 n. Jonas Bssly, Of Orange coun-
y, - & ~ cry " Me- Ys5k sslk s-egsss
81 saais, asd nth bio As - ~ paJsa
: lad nine years old. He vad riding Aes-
senger mare, then sight years Iold, brow.
with white hairs ID her tail, Ind hsncs b
called her silvertaii. Her trotaing asliea ba1
,swsr bs~nnnss dsvsaepea. bsk - weslf
tsksAIosG Singing ssaep nd he / !
die, and keep il mp from morning ill night
After disposing Of his cattle, NJ. s. was sssy
anxious TO set home TO inset eome important
engagement, but how was Be V ~ his boy
home?. knowing we'll the qualities or biz
mare, be took his boy up behind him and GAL
loped home that day ssvsnty-6vs niles.
That boy il SOW venerable gentleman ssas
ssvensy, and remembers the cifrumstAacs
veil, = there IVES an eclipse Of the sun thaa
day. Mr.. Seely had this daughter Of Mes.
sanger to our inbred son Of Messenger call.d
Hsmbletonian, and the produce vas brswn
fI,y, that like many Of the Nessensers, had
will Of her own, and for years was lard "a
manage One day in fght she accidentally
got one eye knocked ont. and hence they
called her One-Eye
In dse time, the present Ar. Sseh bed
One-Eye t. imported Bellfouhder, trottinl
horse, and the produce was beautiful bay
=sers sh.s Hes eeld .e New York, for geed
round price. She fell into the hands Of Mr..
Charles Kent, and for many years sbe Wi
queen Of The road, and -knovn ~ the Charlie
Kent mare. One day Mr.. seely vas OF
Long Island, and he saw The Cbariss Ken
mare in very sorry plight. She hAd beet
abused wre.chedly, and one hip was knocked
down. Mr.. Ssely bought her fora trifs AMI
raised several foAls from her. oas vas.s
brown mare, BY Webber's Tom Thumb,
fne trotting horse, perhaps of Canadian on
gin. This mare he called Belle, and Of be-
moro directly. In 1e4s she brought him
bay colt, by Abdallah, the grandson Of Mes
seuser, and IN the fall Of that year hs soil
the old mare with her colt 1t her foot to VIM
N Rysdyk, for one hundred and twenty 6v'
dollars That colt 10 nov The famous Hxm
bletonian, who has not only made his ovne
fortune, but whose fame extends whereve
horses ,rot The brown MARI Belle in 1856
was bred TO vsrHors Black Hawk, son o
Long Island Black Hawk. pf the Bahia,
family. Theproduce was . black .eok foa
which, With his dam, Mr.. Seely sold in the
fall of 1856 to his SON in law, Colonel F. n
Cummins, for $50, who brought them /,
Iowa. That colt is Green's Bashaw, Of Nus
catine. Mr.. Seely, than whom there is n,
more upright ana sociable gentleman in TIL
State of Nav York, gives these particular
from his owa lips.
Mr.. wallace then gave the breeding Of th
two Iowa horses that haze produced such
sensation in srottinE circles in the past year
B2shav, jr., is one half Morgaa, his dam be
ing BY young Green Mountain Morgan, out o
what is called a fall bred Morgan mare
Kirkwood's dam is BY the same horse, bu
nothing is known beyond.
lie looks upon Bashaw, j., as the cominl
horse, and believes there Is no stallion OF
the coDtinsot can best him. There IL excel
lent authority for saying be srotted the Las
quarter of third heat in thirty seconds. hi
staying qualities are undoubted, and his va
of going is o perfect and easy q that 0
Dexter or Ethan Allen.
N, Wallace - -ssa m earnest prutes
sgsinst too early training, and gave many 10
stances Of its ruinous effects, insissine tia
the frotting horse should be Eve years Of,
before his powers we're severely taxed. =
After the conclusion Of Mr.. VILLAGES nd
dress Hon. j. A. Kssson Was called out, an,
gave an interesting account Of the annua
Derby Races, in the vicinity Of London
which be attended last season. This annua
Festival constitutes the grand saturnaiis o
London, and over half million Of peopl
annually attend them to have good time
Gambling, betting, drinking, fighting an,
racing, are the order Of the day, and til
more they have of it the more they all EMO
the day. Such scenes n were Graphical
depicted BY the speaker could only be de
scrlbed by an eye witness, and could onl
occur in England, and within reach of III
Crest Metropolis.