First Families of Virginia 41 



Henry, Isabella, Virginia LaFayette, John Richards, 

 Lady Lightfoot, Reality, Sally Hope, Vanity and Virginian. 

 Sir Archy was most noted for his ability to get stock 

 capable of winning at all distances, and this trait he trans- 

 mitted to his sons to a remarkable degree. His daughters, 

 also, proved true to the blood of their sire in producing 

 stock of speed and endurance. More remains to be said 

 of Sir Archy and many of his get. Here it is not inap- 

 propriate to quote an announcement made between 

 mourning border lines in The Turf Register of July, 1833: 



"EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCE Death of Two Distinguished 

 Characters on the Same Day. Old Sir Archy and his son Sir Charles, 

 by whose great achievements the fame of the sire was sustained and 

 elevated, both expired on the yth of June. 



"Peace to their ashes! Theirs was an enviable destiny. . . . 



"How few of us can boast of having so honestly acted well our 

 parts as did these two noble animals. And well were they rewarded 

 by the humanity of their owners, and the pleasures procured for 

 themselves by the glory of their achievements." 1 



1 For additional information about horses mentioned in this 

 chapter see Addenda C. 



