Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-02-27

OUner CI1aTacterlStlcS peculiar 10 his sire.
but he and Abdallah, his best son. were
of Il more rangy and more speedy type
than what was the usual characters
tics of the Messenger family.
While large proportion of the best
in the country trace to Mes
scnger through American Eclipse, none
at all trace to his son Mambrino, which,
however, may have not served any
good thoroughbred mares, as there were
very few at that time on Long Island,
where he was kept.
Whether due to the pure thorough
bred blood of his dam or to other causes,
there can he no question but what rs Il
sire of trotters Mambrino proved intini- !
tely superior to his sire, though with
more meager opportunities. He was
likewise superior to every other son of
Messenger, with the possible exception
of Bishops IIambetonian, that also i'll
herited superior thoroughbred from his
dam, though many of the others were
given much better opportunities than
Betsy Baker was the most famous
trotter of his produce and one of the
very best of her day. She had record
tandem with Gray Harry of 24lf.
, ;43f, made in 1871. the fastest ON rec
ord that way of going. At Centerville,
Long Island, Oct. >, 1872, she took
saddle record of 2:l33, beating John
Anderson, etc. At Hunting Park,
Philadelphia, in a three-mie race. she
beat the famous Topgallant in SIG.
She won the three-lnile match race over
Union Course, Long island to harness,
beating Buckskin, Shakespeare ana ROD
Roy. best two in three, winning the
first and three heats; time, S:2l, $50
and S:l0. Again at Hunting Park,
Philadelphia, in three-mile match
against Screwdfiver and Topgallant, she
was beaten by only IA neck in 5 :O2 and
10 by Screwdriver. She was promi-
nent on the turf for many years, taking
secohu "io'e! III "''s' laws u" why :"
she u'u not WILL anu i"isc P'olo' wv"
Oh 'llose iila'cile9 were iol '"l'o '''''ce Vi
more one was "r9' 10 ue'''onS.''.e ''''
"oll'ty 10 'rot twenty 'hi'es "l''''' an
hour' 'llouSh ne "''' "o' '"Ne Il" "V'''"'
rec"ru lor l'la' Instance
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Prouuceu Drown he'i'oui''c'' '''''''o's
''lc oesl sun vi "''l'' "o'io''''.i' """
lar superior 10 HIS s''e' nioM "''
louhuer' also MO" l" "s o'i'o ne'i'o"''"-
er, sired Jenny L'''u' ''ia' was last
lro''er anu l"i''ous 'ioo" '''"i'' nav
my prouuceu iacNe!' -'-o' al" D'N'e'
2'oo' ooth III tiie great oroou 'i'"'e ie''
D'Aie having proouoeu D'A'o 'P'"
ZOO ana 'he ua'i oi baro''ees' 'h'ee
years. = ''o' "h''c i"'Ncl = '''0 '''''' VI
fllot boy, ='zo' Na''u Vuee"' -oi :
olass Leauer' ---l' Iiio' hc"'u"'' ene
OF "ack' Z:loi' Lazy nu'''o', INA
Minerva, z'--2' i!roie"u' '-'2 N"''
houh' 2;2ii' ana seven o'iers Ill '"o'
Another daughter produced the famous
brood mare Bell, dam OF McCurdy's
Hambletonian, :2G3, sire of McEwen
four years, 2:lS4; Play Boy, 2:lS4
To- three years. 2'Zo' e'c' be'ie Is a'S'
the dam OF 'hat famous sire nei'nol'
sire OF NutWoou' Z'lof' Tue Sre"'est sire
now liVlhS' ana lar SURPRISING an!
other OF the same age 'ilat ever uiu i've
exceeding III actual recorus 'ile p"9C Sc"
son the best Tor amy previous year. aho
breeding on WITH uniformity '''ous'
both sons ana oaughters' WHICH
seems TO DE the usual characteristic u
all possessing elose vi iuulolo"s oi'9se'
TO Mamoriho' lhls also appears 10 Ut
the case Win brown beiiiouhuer' ant
as all the o'iier numerous SONS oi mp
beiliouhder proNeu absolute lai'ures
the credit Ior the success Vi Drown
Bellfounder must DE very largely uue u
ms beng son OF Lazy AIport' nearly
thOrOnUnhrpu daughter OF MaIlDrlnO