5O Making the American Thoroughbred 



ton and Ploughboy; yet, no matter how good a loser 

 Dickinson was under ordinary circumstances, Truxton's 

 victory could not have failed to intensify his feeling 

 against Jackson at the time he wrote the article which 

 brought Jackson's challenge. 



OTHER RICH BLOODED SIRES 



BARONET, imp b. foaled 1785; by Vertumnus, dam Penultima by 

 Snap; g. dam by Cade; by Crab; by Flying Childers. 

 Imported into New York with PotSos mare, grandam of American 

 Eclipse. As property of Walter Carr, James Martin and D. 

 McGavock made season 1807 north of Nashville "below the 

 stone bridge on the road to McGavock's Ferry"; $15, $24. 

 Empress, the grandam of the famous Ariel, was by Baronet. 

 "Of all importations," says "Frank Forester," "none equalled 

 him in elegance and finish." 



BURRAMPOOTER, by imp Dare Devil, dam by Symmes' Wildair. 

 Dare Devil by Magnet son of King Herod. At Augustine Willis', 

 West Harpeth, 1806; at David Squier's, Franklin, 1808. 



COEUR de LION, imp b., by Highflyer, out of Dido by O'Kelly's 

 Eclipse. Foaled 1789; imported in 1800 by Col. John Hoomes of 

 Virginia. Owned by Elisha Williams, then by his son, Judge 

 William Williams. Stood three seasons in North Carolina, and 

 after that in Davidson County, Tennessee, until his death in 1809. 

 In 1807, 1808 he stood at the farm of Joseph Phillips, 7 miles 

 north of Nashville; $25; $30. 



CRAWLER, foaled 1792; by Highflyer, dam Harriet by Matchem; 

 g. dam by Regulus; by Bartlett's Childers; Bred by the Duke 

 of Graf ton. 



DOUBLEHEAD, by imp Diomed, dam Polly Medley by Grey Medley; 

 1807 at R. C. Foster's, three miles southeast of Nashville, "on the 

 Jefferson road"; $20; $25; 1808 at Joseph Park's stable in Nash- 

 ville; $25. At one time owned by Gen. Andrew Jackson. 



SOUR CROUT, imp b., foaled 1786; by Highflyer, dam Jewell by 

 Squirrel; by Blank; by Second. Sour Crout was sire of 

 Mambrino's dam. 



ROYALIST, imp red b. foaled 1790; by imp Saltram (winner of The 

 Derby in 1 783) dam by Herod, grandam by Marske. Bred by The 

 Prince of Wales; imported into New York; 1806 at Nashville; 1807 



