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sylvania, and then was purchased by Henry 

 Astor and taken to Long Island. Two years 

 later Cornelius W. Van Ranst obtained control 

 of him, and his days were spent in New York 

 and New Jersey. He died of colic at Oyster 

 Bay, Long Island, January 28, 1808, aged 28 

 years, and a volley of musketry was fired over 

 his grave. The most famous daughter left by 

 him was the gray mare Miller's Damsel, foaled 

 in 1802; bred by William Constable of New 

 York; owned by General Nathaniel Coles, 

 Dosoris, Long Island ; and dam, an imported 

 English mare by Pot-8-os, son of the renowned 

 English Eclipse. She raced well. Her first foal, 

 1 8 14, was the chestnut colt American Eclipse 

 by Duroc by imported Diomed by Florizel by 

 Herod. American Eclipse stands out promi- 

 nently in the annals of American racing. The 

 four-mile-heat race for $20,000 a side, the North 

 against the South, run at Union Course, Long 

 Island, May 27, 1823, was won by American 

 Eclipse from Henry, and the multitude of specta- 

 tors was all night in getting back to their homes. 

 Distinguished among the sons and daughters of 

 American Eclipse were Ariel, Lance, Black Maria, 

 Shark, Medoc, Monmouth Eclipse, and Gano. 



