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AINDERBY, imp ch.; by Velocipede, dam by Catton. Foaled 1832. 

 M E. Imported by Lucius J. Polk, Mt. Pleasant, Dec., 1838; 

 $75; $100. As a 3-year old Ainderby, carrying 118 Ibs., ran in 

 the then unprecedented time (for 3-year olds) of 1:43. Polk 

 paid a "high figure" for him. Velocipede sired more winning 

 horses than any stallion of his day. One of his get, Queen of 

 Trumps, won The Oaks in 1835 and the St. Leger in the same year* 

 and another, Amato, won The Derby in 1838. Catton got one 

 Derby winner. 



ANVIL, br. foaled 1829; by Mons. Tonson, dam Isabella by Sir 

 Archy. Bred by Col. Wm. Wynn of Virginia. Won three out of 

 four sweepstakes. Later purchased by Balie Peyton for $6,000 

 from James B. Kendall of Maryland; $50; $75. 



ARAB, foaled 1820; by Sir Archy, dam Bet Bounce by imp Sir 

 Harry by Sir Peter Teazle. Bred by J. J. Harrison of Virginia. 

 Rev. H. M. Cryer's, Sumner County; $35; $50. Arab, valued 

 at $8,000. From 1833 to 1838, inclusive, Arab's, get won 52 races. 



AUTOCRAT, imp gr. 165 hands high, foaled 1822; by Grand Duke, 

 dam Olivetta by Sir Oliver; Scotina by Delpini; Scota by 

 Eclipse; by Herod. Delpini sired two winners of The Oaks and 

 one St. Leger winner. Autocrat, bred by Lord Derby, won many 

 races in England. As property of Tayloe & Tayloe, of Virginia , 

 stood 1836 at Thomas Barry's, $50; $60; in 1837 at R. C. Dickin- 

 son's, Montgomery County; sold to Col. Samuel Lyne, of Mont- 

 gomery County, in 1839. Autocrat had 37 traces of the Darley 

 Arabian, 25 of the Godolphin, 21 of Flying Childers, 13 of Bartlett's 

 Childers, 14 of Regulus, 7 of Herod and 5 of O'Kelly's Eclipse. 

 He was in the male line from Herod and had blood of Diomed. 

 Elis, who won the Doncaster St. Leger in 1836, was something like 

 a half-brother to Autocrat. 



BEHEMOTH (Hamlet), br. foaled 1824; by Bagdad, dam Rosey Clack. 

 Bred by Rev. Hubbard Saunders. Owned by W. E. Broadnax* 

 Virginia; 1831 at A. B. Newsom's; 1836 at A. G. Ward's one 

 mile north of Clover Bottom. 



BELSHAZZAR, imp ch. foaled 1830; by Blacklock, dam Manuella 

 (winner of The Oaks in 1812) by Dick Andrews. Bred by Richard 

 Watt. As a 2-year old Belshazzar won races at York and Don- 

 caster. He won the Gascoigne stakes, 5 subs. 100 sovs. each, after 

 which Watt refused 5,000 guineas for him. After a victory at 

 Newmarket in 1834 he broke down and was placed in the stud. 

 Imported in 1838 by Thomas Flintoff or Thomas Alderson & Co., 



