256 AMERICAN STUD-BOOK. HORSES. 



There may have been such a horse imported as Merry Pintle, but 

 certainly not of the blood as above described, for it is an impossi- 

 bility. His name only occurs in Mr. Edgar's pedigrees. 



1553. MERRY PINTLE, gr., 



Foaled 17 ; got by imp. Merry Pintle, 1552; dam by imp. Craw- 

 ford, 603 ; g. d. by imp. Silver Eye, 2250 ; by imp. Monkey, 1598 ; 

 out of an imp. mare. Edgar. 



1554. MERRY PINTLE, ro., 



Foaled 17 ; got by imp. Whirligig, 2728; dam by imp. Merry Pintle, 

 1552 ; out of an imp. mare. Edgar. 



1555. MERRY PINTLE, gr., 



Foaled 17 ; got by imp. Whirligig, 2728; dam by imp. Merry 

 Pintle, 1552 ; g. d. by imp. David, 664. 



1556. MERRY TOM, imp., b., 



Foaled about 1758; got by Regulus; dam by Locust; g. d. by a son 

 of Flying Childers ; by Croft's Partner. 



This horse cannot be found in the British Stud-Book ; but he is 

 much more probable than Merry Pintle. 



1557. MERRY TOM, b., 



Foaled 1779; got by imp. Merry Tom, 1556; dam by imp. Janus, 

 1222 ; g. d. by imp. Dove, 756; by imp. Jolly Roger, 1274; 

 by imp. Othello, 1765; by imp. Monkey, 1598; out of an im- 

 ported thoroughbred mare. Edgar. 



1558. MERRY TOM, br., 



Foaled 17 ; got by imp. Merry Tom, 1556; dam by imp. Whirli- 

 gig, 2728 ; g. d. by imp. Dove, 756 ; by imp. Tom Jones, 2534 ; 

 imported mare. Edgar. 



1559. MERRY TOM, ch., 



Foaled 17 ; got by imp. Merry Tom, 1556 ; dam by imp. Janus, 

 1222 ; g. d. by imp. Tom Jones, 2534 ; by imp. Silver Eye, 2250 ; 



