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track when she beat Glenmore. The author was present 

 and timed this race. Alone this race would have made her 

 famous and also brought glory to Mary Morris. Then there 

 was Parole, the fastest two- and three-year-old of his years in 

 America. He won the Suburban Handicap in England, in 

 which he met and defeated Isonomy, the best horse of the 

 period. 



Now comes Maria Grey, by Robin Grey, who is the 

 source of the Vandal family. Colonel Milt Young, the well- 

 known Kentuckian and turf authority, believes after careful 

 investigation that no other family of horses ever produced 

 so many celebrities at all distances. Maria Grey was the 

 dam of Rowena, by Sumpter, who was the grandam of 

 Lexington and great-grandam of Vandal. Of this famous 

 family were Black Nose, Alaric, Carlotta, Ruric, Stamps, 

 Barney Williams, Katie Pierce, Grinstead, Volante, Salvator 

 and hundreds of others. 



Another great mare was Brittania IV, by Muley, own 

 sister to that great horse Muley Moloch, out of Nancy Long- 

 waist, by Dick Andrews, by Joe Andrews, by O'Kelley's 

 Eclipse. She produced Verifier, by Imported Belshazzer, 

 Vandyke, La Variation, Voucher and others, nearly all of 

 whom were great performers. It must be remembered that 

 there were two Brittanias. This one was by Muley. The 

 other was by The Flying Dutchman, who was the dam of 

 Madame Dudley, Brigand and The Crown Prince. The 

 latter was so promising as a two-year-old that he was taken 

 to England, and was highly thought of for the English 

 Derby. The Brittania by The Flying Dutchman was a 

 great mare, but she was short lived and had but few foals. 

 She was brought to this country by the Importing Company 

 of Kentucky. I have been thus explicit in order to avoid 

 confusion. 



Probably the best brood mare that ever lived was Pica- 

 yune, out of Sallie Howe, by William of Transport, consid- 

 ering the injudicious manner in which she was bred. Her 

 first foal was Ponette, by The Poney, and the latter was by 

 Leviathan. Her next foal was Ha'penny, by Birmingham, 

 a well-bred stallion, who sired Brown Kitty and then got no 

 more that proved of any consequence. Brown Kitty met 

 and defeated Verifier at two miles. Ha'penny, the year 



