Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31


bloods, the good and uniform qualities of
Messenger grew uncertain; but where
the blood was close bred, results were
equal to the get of Messenger himself.
OF crosses he had an example in the breed
ings by his neighbor John Tredwell.
Mr.. Tredwell had pair of big, strong
work and carriage mares. He bred them
to Mambrino, getting two colts which
he called Almack and Abdall. all. Almack
was a good horse and got good colts.
Abdallah was homely, mean horse and
got the poorest colts on Long Island.
Mr.. Mitchell noticed that all the good
horses sold quickly away from the is
land, but the poor ones remained; and
thus the Almacks, like the Messengers,
sold away; but the Abdallahs remained
until they were flooded with them. Mes
senger blood had been very much deple-
ted in numbers, and spoiled by crosses,
and about the only horses they had for
the stud were Old Abdallah and his sons.
Some enterprising men induced MIR.
Weaver of Philadelphia, in 1896, to let his
Arab bred Messenger horse, Andrew
jackson, stand on Long Island that year.
The Abdallah stallion men were very an
CRY, and several attempts were made to
poison Andrew jackson. but he made his
season and went home, after which moth
ing would tempt Mr. Weaver to permit
his horse to return.
Mr.. James Post. one of Mr.. Mitchelrs
neghbors, had raised very fine inbred
Messenger horse. which he called Chan
cellor. Another neghbor, Mr.. Jeremiah
IIegeman, had an old Messenger brood
mare that was supposed to be past breed
ing. She had raised three fine foals. one
mare by Almack. This old Messenger
mare was called Black Maria, and Mr..
Mitchell brought her in 1885 to breed to
Chancellor in hopes to get foal, which
he did, for she produced filly to Chan
cellor in 1897. This FLY he called Indi-
an Queen. When she was four years old
she could beat any of the get by Abdal-
lab. on the road, with which she was in
frequent company.
All of the get by Andrew Jackson on
Long Island in 1896 foaled in 1880
proved the equal of their old time Mes
sengers, but were quickly sold away. OF
his sons, Henry Clay was the best; and
although he was gone, his son Cassius re-
NAMED In 1916, when Indian Queer
was nine years old, Mr.. Mitchell bred hel
to Cassius NJ. Clay, by Henry Clay. |,
was his first service, and was her first CO.
ition with any horse. On May 9th
1917, she produced a fine horse colt
which Mr.. Mitchell named Cassius NJ
Clay, Jr. When this colt was two years
past, Mr.. Mitchell bred three mares tC
him, and then sold him to Messrs. Shutt
& Depew of New Rochelle, n. V, ant
they sold him to Joseph II. Goodwin anC
John McChesney of New York city, two
of the best horsemen of the day.
In the autumn of 1850, Mr.. John Nc
Chesney entered this colt in the Ameri
can Institute Fair in New York city, a
dyk entered his Abdallah colt, of SAM
age, in competition. Mitchell's (nov
Goodwin & McChesney's) colt Cassius NJ
Clay, Jr., took first premium easily, ant
was pronounced the best three-year-ol,
ever exhibited at their fair, which mad
Rysdyk very angry.
In 1852 Messrs. Goodwin & McChesne,
sent their horse Cassius NJ. Clay, Jr., int
Orange county, y. Y, to stand, and h
did a great business, making VIM. NJ
Rysdyk still more angry. Goodwin & Nc
Chesney were thorough horsemen, know
ing what good blood in horse mean,
which VIM. Nj. Rysdyk did not.
The great horse market on 23d stree,
New York city, owes its foundation t
John McChesney, Alexander Campbe
and Joseph ii. Goodwin, (the latter
wagon and carriage builder).
The autumn of 1852, Mr.. Goodwin en-
tered his horse, Mitchell's Cassius N
Clay, Jr., in the American Institute Fail
of New York city, as "A stallion, an
agail he was awarded first premium, b'
sides which the Judges and horse expert
pronounced him the best stallion of an
family of horses in America.
1t now becomes IA matter of more tina
ordinary Importance to here remarl
that 80 years later the predictions
Charles w. Mitchell, the breeder of til
Cassius NJ. Clay, Jr., and his da
should be quoted; elf that colt lives
do stud duty, the world will hear of hin
from his blood and breeding, which wi
surely tell to his credit" On March
= 1889 go years later 4G little colts con
ing one and two years old, all of whiC
were direct descendants of Henry Clay
the male line, through Mitchell's G
Neave's) Cassius NJ. Clay Jr. were sold
5. the halter at auction, on their blood al
} breeding, in The Amercon Institute Fla
buildings in New York city, for the f
bulous total of $4,000. Truly Il
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