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at Col. F. C. H. Miller's, Chapel Hill, in 1840. In 1841 PICTON 

 and imp VOLNEY were in Fayette County, and SHAKESPEARE 

 in Davidson. In 1842 SHAKESPEARE was at Robert Hallum's, 

 in Wilson County. 



Among the new stallions introduced, 1840-1842, were ROA- 

 NOKE, by Sir Archy, dam by Coeur de Lion, who stood in Giles 

 County; imp PUZZLE, by Reveller, dam by Juniper, who stood 

 in Carter County; SHARK, by American Eclipse, dam Lady Light- 

 foot by Sir Archy, who stood at Independence, Williamson County; 

 nine sons of Leviathan who stood in various sections; and two 

 Arabians who stood at J. G. Smith's, Jefferson County. In 

 1842 imp PRIAM stood his first season in Tennessee, at L. P. 

 Cheatham's, Robertson's Bend; service $150. He died at Belle 

 Meade in 1847. BAREFOOT, a St. Leger winner (by Tramp), 

 imported into Massachusetts in 1828, died from a snake bite at 

 David Morrison's, Tipton County, Tennessee, in 1840. Three of 

 his get, Clara Howard, Tramp and Ajax were prominent in Long 

 Island stables. Imp CLARET, by imp Chateau Margaux, dam 

 by Partizan, stood at William Y. Fuqua's, Bolivar, at $100. His 

 blood was rich in strains of Herod, Matchem, Eclipse and Snap. 

 Claret was imported into Virginia in 1834. 



The inducements offered certain sections of the United States 

 to make use of the opportunities nature has put at their door is 

 brought vividly to mind by Joseph Osborne's (English) Horse 

 Breeders Hand book, 1889-90. The author quotes another authority, 

 Count Lehndorff, to the effect that the soil and climate of the United 

 States "gradually restores the whole nature of the horse to its 

 pristine vigor, and makes the American racer appear eminently 

 qualified to exercise an invigorating influence on the constitution 

 of the thoroughbred in the mother country, enfeebled, perhaps, 

 by oft repeated inbreeding." 



Osborne agrees with the author that the United States "appears 

 the most promising recruiting ground for such purposes," and adds: 



"The tendency to lose bone as they gain in general refinement, 

 which becomes more conspicuous among the rank and file of our 

 own thoroughbreds, might best be averted by a re-introduction 

 of our old blood in new channels, from a land whose richness of 

 herbage is so calculated to provide the lacking quality. My own 



