254: AMERICAN STUD-BOOK. HOESES. 



1539. MERCATOR, bl., 



Foaled 179-; got by Commerce, 553; dam by imp. Merry Tom, 

 1556; g. d. by imp. Juniper, 1286 ; out of an English mare. Edgar. 



1540. MERCURY (OLD), ch.,\/ 



Foaled 1769; got by imp. Janus, 1222; dam Col. Byrd's imp. 

 Calista. 



Stood in Dinwiddie Co., Ya., 1774. 



1541. MERCURY, gr., 



Foaled 17 ; got by imp. Silver, 2249; dam by Quicksilver, 1967; 

 g. d. by imp. Mousetrap, 1633 ; by Mark Anthony, 1459 ; by 

 imp. Fearnought, 888 ; by imp. Silver Eye, 2250 ; by imp. 

 Janus, 1222. Edgar. 



1542. MERCURY, ch., 



Foaled 1801 ; got by imp. Spread Eagle, 2404; dam imp. Jannette, 

 by Mercury, which see. 



Bred by Col. John Hoomes, of Va. 



1543. MERCURY, b., V 



Foaled 1823 ; got by Virginian, 2672 ; dam (the dam of Sir Charles, 

 2284) by imp. Citizen, 504. [See Sir Charles.] 

 Stood several seasons in Miss. ; died July, 1832. 



1544. MERCURY, 



Foaled about 1800 ; got by imp. Driver, 766 ; dam by imp. Eclipse, 

 805 ; g. d. by Union, 2629 ; by imp. Traveller, 2558 ; imp. Selima, 

 by Godolphin Arabian. 



1545. MERCURY, gr., v 



Foaled 1828 ; got by Stockholder, 2439; dam by Pacolet, 1778 ; g. 

 d. Rosey Clack, by imp. Saltram, 2154. [See Rosey Clack.] 



1546. MERCUTIO, b., 



Foaled 1829 ; got by Hotspur, 1165 ; dam by Sir Alfred, 2274 ; g. d. 



