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sold her September, 1850, to G. A. Vogel, for 

 $600. A correspondent of the Spirit of the Times. 

 writing from Waterville, Oneida County, New 

 York, February, 1860, says: "Madam Temple, 

 the dam of Flora, was foaled the property of Eli- 

 jah Peck, Waterville, Oneida County, New York, 

 in the spring of 1840: her dam was a small but 

 fleet bay mare. Madam Temple was sired by a 

 spotted Arabian stallion brought from Dutchess 

 County, and owned by Horace Terry. Mr. Peck 

 disposed of Madam Temple when four months 

 old for a mere trifle to William Johnson of the 

 same place. . . . Terry's spotted Arabian 

 was a remarkably strong, restless, fast-trotting 

 horse, said to have been sired by a full-blooded 

 Arabian stallion on Long Island. He was a great 

 favorite in this section, and his stock for general 

 use possesses probably more excellent qualities 

 than that of any other horse known in this vicin- 

 ity. They were uniformly strong, with rare speed 

 and bottom. The general high reputation in 

 which his stock was held may be judged from the 

 fact that George W. Crowningshield, of Bos- 

 ton, owned a pacing gray mare of his get, so 



