Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-07-01
The Horse.

The two most prominent breeds o.
trotting horses at the present day, ara
the Bashaws and Messengers, claiming
descent respectively from old Messsn,
ger and the Arabian horse Bashaw. In
their beneficial influence on the road
and trotting horses of this country,
these two horses may be regarded in
the same light that the Godolphin and
barley Arabians are viewed in their re-
lation tothe race horse of Great Brit
ain by the turfmen of that country.
! Under the name Messenger, are IN
cluded the Mambrinos, the Abdallahs
and the Hambletonians, which are the
descendants of the old imported horse
Messenger, SON of English MAmbrino,
and grandson of English Engineers,
who was probably the most successful
race horse of hisday, having won nearly
S400, 900 during his racing career. Nam
brilo, the father of old Messenger, was
not remarkable for his racing qualities,
neither was Messenger himself noted
as running or trotting stallion but
to Mambrino, unquestionably belongs
the credit of having produced more
good English road horses, than any
stallion of English record. In feet,
much of the credit of the hOrsemen of
this country accord to Messenger as the
progenitor Of a great trotting family Is
eminently due to his llustrious sire.
Messenger horses vary greatly IN form,
many of the descendants Of Abdallah,
for instance, being especially noted for
having large, cofin-shaped heads, long
ears. and q general mulish appearance
throughout.
The advent Of old Messenger in this
country, in 1888, then quite = young
horse, inaugurated new era in the
quality of the American road horse,
bat exercised very little potential in
fiuence in running stock. as Diomede
and horses well known to turfmen had
preceded him and proved themselves
superior as racing sires. Probably from
the loins of old Messenger has thiS
country derived more prestige as the
home of the trotting horse than from
any other source whatever. 1t is to
the sagacity of Henry Astor, brother OF
John Jacob, that this country IS indebt'
ed for the acquisition of this valuable
animal. l-.. ..e....
Shortly after his arrival in this coun-
try. he was stationed at Cooper,s Fer
~, (noW Gamdenl, New Jersey, oppo-
site Philadelphia, where he renamed
two years, but subsequently was re-
moved to the neighborhood Of Bristol,
Pennsylvania, where he remained g
j couple of years longer. His sojourn in
! the neighborhood Of Philadelphia for
the past four years, was the means OF
disseminating his blood, and improving
the stock Of the road horses IN Eastern
PennsyIvanis and Western New Jer-
sey, and accounts for his name being so
frequently found in the pedigrees of
their horses. ~
This horse. like some Of his descend
ants, was somewhat noted for bad tenn
per in his youthful days, the fact of his
killing groom at Bristol or Camden.
being an illustration of his vicious pro-
pensities. In some respects, however,
he was an extremely docile horse, but
always required master. He was sub
sequently removed to Long Island,
where he remained, with exceptional
seasons. until he died, the property Of
Mr.. Van Ranst, IN 1893. From Long
Island, as a radiating point. his stock
was disseminated throughout the whole
country, and became known Ia diffey 4
ent places as Bush Messengers, Ham
bletouiAns, Mambrinos, Abdsllahs, &c.
The other great favorite breed of
trotting horses, and rivals Of the Mess
engers in this calntry-but of later or
igin-are the BashsWs. springing from
the loins of Grand BashaW, q celebrated
Arab, imported into Pennsylvania in
1920, by Joseph Morgan, from Tripoi.
His sire was Kash-ad- -na-nar, the favor
ite horse of the Bey of Tripoli. and his
dam was q noted Desert mare. The
career of this horse was confined TO
Quaker district OF Bucks county, Penn
sylVania, where little opportunity was
afforded him for the deEelopement Of
his peculiar merits as getteF of road
and trotting horses, the apsthetic and
moral people of that section, with their
usual aversion to racing, or what they
considered might lead to demoraliza-
ton, being either too much prejudiced
against high bred horses, or too short
sighted in a pecuniary point of view,
to appreciate the advantage of breed
ing from a stallion of his high caste.
In fact, most of his celebrity like
that of Messenger, is posthumous, and
acquired through his grandsons, An
drew jackson, Ssladin, and Black Ba-
shaw-sons of young Bashaw-three
remarkably well bred stations, each Of
whom did his share to perpetuate the
name and constantly increasing fame
of the Bashaw family. With respect
to Young Bashaw, and with view to
future reference in the history of these
horses, and also to Ventilate what IS
obscurely, if at all known to horse
men of the present day, we make the
further remark while on this subject,
that this noted stallion was not bred
in Pennsylvania, as is the general i'm
preston among horsemem, but at Sa- |
lem, New Jersey, by a Colonel Mathews, |
who disposed of him to Thomas Logan,
a resident of Pennsylvania, living near
Philadeiphis. He was subsequently, |
purchased by Samuel McCracken, of !
Morrisville, Bucks county, in whose
possession he died in 1887. His sire,
Grand Bashaw, died short time pre-
Yiously, at Humeville,a few miles from
the latter place. j
Black Bashaw, Andrew Jackson and /
are also dead, the latter dying |
near Morrisyille, December, 1855, and
the latter at Yarleyville, on the Della
ware, in the winter of 1858.
As q proof of their money value,
Bashaw stallion has recently been
bought BY Mr.. Fawcett, the former
owner of Dexter, for sic, 600; and as
respects speed, Mr.. Fawcett now offers
to match him against any trotting stall
lion in the world. As general rule
this breed Of horses is celebrated for
docility, beauty Of form, elegance of
proportion, and a swift, correct, easy
style of trotting. These peculiarities
are so marked. they can be recognized
anywhere, and always elicit the admit
ration of connoisseurs. The Long Is
land Black Hawks, the Kemble jack
sons, the Jupiters, the Patchens, the
Claws. the Dan Websters, the Torn Ben
tons. and 3 host of others, bear honor
able testimony in their illustrious
achievements on the turf to their an
cestry as Bsshaws. /
ss QuaFFeIing.
If anything in the world will make
a man feel badly, Except pinching his
fingers in the crack of q door, it's un-
quarrel. No man ever
fails to think less of himself after it
than hafnra 1t deprades him in the |