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winners of 421 3-mile and 4-mile heat races run in the 

 seven years between 1829 and 1837. The other 30 stal- 

 lions, native and imported (named in the table printed 

 in The Spirit of the Times, from which these figures were 

 taken), that were not sons of Sir Archy, were the sires of 

 91 winners of 176 3-mile heat and 4-mile heat races. 



Of the 1 60 stallions advertised for service in the United 

 States in the spring of 1839, Sir Archy got 21; was the 

 grandsire on his sons' side of 43 and the grandsire on the 

 dams' side of 13 in all 77 of the 1 15 native bred stallions 

 were Sir Archy J s sons or grandsons. 



Although the Archy blood showed no signs of giving 

 out, and although good 4-mile horses in England were 

 limited to a very few, many breeders believed that the 

 infusion of new blood would be advantageous; and be- 

 tween 1830 and 1840 many importations were made into 

 the several states. Chief among these "progressive" 

 breeders and they were merely harking back to the old 

 days were James Jackson and Col. George Elliott. 

 They had a hard tussle with the "reactionaries" of the 

 Archy-Pacolet school, strongly entrenched, as these 

 "reactionaries" were, behind the good results of long 

 experience. This faction was largely in the majority in 

 Tennessee and remained so for several years. Jackson 

 and Elliott knew the power of the opposition, but followed 

 their own bent, nevertheless. They met their opponents 

 always on half-way ground and a few years' experience 

 demonstrated the soundness of their judgment if im- 

 mediate results are to control. The Archy family, as 

 such, continued their supremacy over every other family 

 and over many families together. But as between par- 

 ticular individuals of the Archy tribe and particular 

 importations, the latter soon won recognition as the 

 equals and, in many instances, the superiors of the 



