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road, was a prominent figure in all turf matters of Sumner 

 and other Middle Basin counties, and was more than 

 ordinarily successful as a breeder. One of his brood 

 mares was Fanny Maria (by Pacolet) whose dam, by imp 

 Stirling, Bruce says, "came from one of the best racing 

 families in the United States." Fanny Maria produced, 

 among others, Lisbon Maid by Napoleon (1828) and 

 Queen of Trumps. A Stockholder mare owned by Cage 

 produced, besides The Poney, eight other foals by Levi- 

 athan (five unnamed), one by Glencoe and one by Wagner. 



The most extensive breeder in Davidson County was 

 Leonard P. Cheatham, a lawyer, and father of Gen. B. 

 F. Cheatham, C.S.A. In 1839 Cheatham owned nine 

 brood mares and about twenty colts and fillies. Gen. 

 B. F. Cheatham, of the Confederate Army, was, himself, 

 a breeder. One of his mares, Cottage Girl, foaled 1849, 

 produced fourteen foals. She was by imp Ainderby, dam 

 by Leviathan. 



William Williams, of Davidson County, was, in his own 

 words, "an occasional breeder on a small scale," and al- 

 ways kept a few brood mares of the richest blood. As 

 late as 1830 Williams and other members of the family had 

 descendants of a horse and mare owned by their father, 

 Elisha Williams, of Scotland Neck, Halifax County, North 

 Carolina, between 1786 and 1791. The horse was the fa- 

 mous Harris' Eclipse by imp Fearnought; the mare by imp 

 Janus. A noted brood mare of her time owned by 

 Williams was Fanny Foster, by Symmes* Wildair, dam by 

 old Partner. Williams lived four miles from Nashville 

 on the Gallatin road. As Circuit Judge he presided over 

 many trials in the Court House, and as Secretary of the 

 Nashville Jockey Club he arranged for many trials on 

 the race track. He attended Harvard with Joseph Story 

 and corresponded with him through subsequent years. 



