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TUP, imp b. foaled 1796; by Javelin out of Flavia by Plunder by 



Herod. Stood at R. C. Foster's. 

 VOLUNTEER, imp ch. by Volunteer, dam by Whipcord own brother 



to Woodpecker. Bred by Col. O'Kelly. Imported 1794 by Col. 



John Tayloe, of Virginia. Stood in Rutherford County. 



In two letters written from "Poplar Grove," in 1856, 

 and printed in "Frank Forester's," "The Horse of Ameri- 

 ca," Vol. I, pp. 140-148, Judge Williams mentions as 

 standing in Tennessee in early times years not given 

 these horses not elsewhere included in the author's list: 



BUCEPHALUS, b., foaled about 1795; by Symmes' Wildair, dam by 

 imp Shark; by imp Medley; by imp Fearnought. Bred 

 by John Jones of Virginia, and owned by Col. Ed Ward. 



DIOMED (Ragland's), ch., foaled 1801; by imp Diomed dam 

 Silverheels; by imp Janus; by imp Fearnought; by imp 

 Jolly Roger. Bred by L. Ragland of Virginia. 



DIOMED (Second), called Randolph's; gr. foaled about 1801; by 

 imp Diomed dam by imp Clockfast; he by Gimcrack dam by 

 Regulus. Bred by William Randolph of Cumberland County, 

 Virginia. 



DIOMEDON, b., foaled 1803; by imp Diomed, dam by Hobb's Augus- 

 tus. Bred by Capt. Ben. Ward of Nottoway County, Virginia. 



WILDAIR (Weakley's), b. foaled 1791; by Symmes' Wildair, dam 

 by Fearnought. 



Judge Williams' list included, also, the following 

 named horses that cannot be identified: Cross' Jupiter 

 by Janus; Lewis' Comet by Harry Hill's Janus; Blake- 

 more's Sterne; J. Thompson's Celer out of a Bellair; 

 imp Childers the "imp" doubtless error and Suwar- 

 row, said to be from Kentucky. There were three 

 Jupiters by Janus. 



STALLIONS BETWEEN 1810 AND 1820 



The most distinguished stallions of this decade were 



Top Gallant, Wilkes' Wonder, Tennessee Oscar and Pacolet. 



TOP GALLANT, a black legged bay, by Gallatan (best 



