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a slip of paper on which it was set forth that she 

 was by Harry Clay and out of Shanghai Mary by 

 Lexington, the celebrated running horse. 



Mr. Wallace stated that if Shanghai Mary was by 

 Lexington it would be a very easy matter to estab- 

 lish that fact and in order to look it up Charles 

 Backman sent his secretary, Mr. Shipman, to 

 western New York and Ohio. 



In due time Mr. Shipman returned with a report 

 which showed that Shanghai Mary was foaled in 

 1847 which made her older than Lexington. Mr. 

 Shipman also learned that Wilcox Brothers of Liv- 

 onia Center, N. Y., while buying sheep from the 

 fai-mers in eastern Ohio, met a young man on the 

 road near Canton, Ohio, one morning in the fall of 

 1850. He was riding a three-year-old chestnut filly 

 with four white feet and a strip in her face. She 

 was foot sore and having lost her tail presented a 

 very indifferent appearance. The boy said he had 

 ridden her about five hundred miles and wanted to 

 exchange her for a blind mare that Wilcox Brothers 

 had taken in trade for some sheep. The trade was 

 made. The boy rode away and was never heard of 

 again. 



Wilcox Brothers brought the white faced mare to 

 New York state. After being broken to harness she 

 showed speed and was started in a number of races 

 in western New York, none of which were ever re- 

 ported as the Angelica mare. 



The Angelica mare finally became known as 

 Shanghai Mary. Under that name she passed to 



