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died there about 1796, aged 25. Among his distinguished 

 get were the grandam of Virginian, and the g. g. grandam 

 of Sir Charles. 



MEDLEY was a son of the "little gray horse Gimcrack" 

 who was foaled in 1760. Gimcrack's sire was Cripple 

 and his grandam (some writers say dam) was by (Croft's) 

 Partner. Gimcrack was one of the severest running and 

 hardest bottomed horses that ever ran in England. He 

 kept it up till he was n years old. Though 14 hands 

 and one quarter of an inch he was able to carry great 

 weight, frequently giving odds as high as 28 Ibs. Both in 

 England and in France he "swept the deck" of his famous 

 competitors. Four and five-mile races were his chief 

 delight. Such was his celebrity that his last owner left 

 him for a long time at Tattersalls for close inspection by 

 his enthusiastic admirers. 



Medley, foaled 1776, was imported into Virginia in 

 1785 by Malcolm Hart. Medley's dam was Arminda 

 (full sister to Papillon) by Snap who was only 14 hands 

 and one-half inch high. From Snap, Medley got his 

 beauty, symmetry and strength. The want of size in 

 the Medley stock was no obstacle to their success on the 

 race course. They could carry more weight than other 

 stock and they had better bottom, better limbs and better 

 eyes than any other stock of horses ever bred in Virginia. 

 This fact was due to their peculiar physical formation, 

 and the purity of their blood, Medley being one of the 

 purest bred horses ever produced in England. He stood 

 at Hanover Court house. Col. John Tayloe who, be- 

 tween 1791 and 1808, won 113 out of 141 races run by his 

 horses, said that Medley was one of the most beautiful 

 horses he ever saw and his stock the best in Virginia. 

 Among Medley's distinguished get were Quicksilver, 

 Young Medley, Melzar, Gimcrack and 



