52 ROAD, TRACK, AND STABLE. 



said, only a few foals in this country, - less than a 

 hundred ; but those few appear conspicuously in the 

 pedigrees of our fastest horses, whether at the running, 

 the trotting, or the pacing gait. 



The best son of Diomed was Sir Arcby, foaled on 

 the banks of the James River, in Virginia, in the year 

 1805 » Sir Archy was a thoroughbred of the very first 

 breeding, the speediest, gamest race-horse of Ins day, 

 and his descendants have not been unworthy of their 

 origin. Sir Archy was of a rich bay color with one 

 white hind foot, and lie is thus described by Frank 

 Forester • " He was a horse of commanding appear- 

 ance, standing fully sixteen hands in height, possess- 

 ing great power and substance. He was eminently 

 superior in all those points indispensable to the tort 

 horse and mainly contributory to strength and action. 

 His shoulder, one of the most material parts of the 

 horse, was strikingly distinguished, being very deep, 

 fairly mounting to the top of the withers and ob- 

 liquely inclined to the hips. His girth was full and 

 deep, back short and strong, thighs and arms long and 

 muscular, and bone of excellent quality. His front 

 appearance was fine and commanding, Ins head and 

 neck being beautifully formed, the latter rising well 

 out of his withers. Take Sir Archy as a whole, and 

 he had more size, power, and substance than are often 

 seen combined in the full-bred horse.' 



Sir Archy beat all the best horses of Ins day in this 

 1 Hi, dam »« the imported mare Cas.iamra by RockingW 



Purity, by Matchem, another member of the great ] 



cated, out of the famous mare known as Squirt. 



