12S THE HOKSE. 



grand-diiui by the Darley Arabian, great great grand-dam Old 

 Child mare, by Sir Thomas Gresley's Arabian, great great great 

 grand-dam, Vixen, by Helmsley Turk, out of Dodsworth's dam, 

 a natural Barb. Kegulus was by the Godolphin Barb, dam 

 Grey Kobinson by the Bald Galloway, grand-dam by Snake out 

 of Old Wilkes' Plautboy mare. Eattle was by Sir H. Har- 

 pur's Barb out of a royal mare. AVhitenose was by the Hall 

 Arabian out of dam to Jigg. Thus Fearnought is come of the 

 very liighest and purest blood in England, and has left his mark 

 largely on the blood-horse of Virginia. It is said that, before 

 his time, there was little beyond quarter racing in Virginia, 

 that his progeny were of uncommon figure, and first introduced 

 the size and bottom of the English race-horse into America. 

 This must be taken, however, cum grano salts, as it is evident* 

 from what has been stated in regard to Selima, that four-mile 

 racers were the fashion in Maryland at least fifteen years before 

 that date, and it is only to be understood in the case of second- 

 rate racers, that quarter running was in vogue at this period. 



These capital horses Avere shortly followed by Morton's 

 Traveller, who was probably got by Partner, a grandson of the 

 Byerly Turk, and grandsire of King Herod, dam by the Bloody 

 Buttocks Arabian ; grand-dam by Greyhound, a Barb ; g. grand 

 dam by Makeless ; g. g. g. dam by Brimmer ; g. g. g. g. dam 

 by the White Turk ; g. g. g. g. g. dam by Dodsworth, a Barb ; 

 g. g. g. g. g. g. dam Layton Barb mare. 



Makeless was by the Oglethorpe Arab out of Trumpet's dam. 

 She was a pure Barb by Dodsworth out of the Layton Barb 

 mare. Brimmer was by the Yellow Turk out of a royal mare. 



Tiiese were jn-obably the best early horses that were im- 

 ported into America ; and to these, with the mares Selima, 

 Queen Mab, Jenny Cameron, Kitty Fisher, Miss Colville, and 

 a few others of about the same period, may be traced all, or 

 almost all the families of running horses now existing in the 

 United States, in a greater or less degree, and with nearly as 

 much certainty as the English champions of the olden day may 

 be followed up to imported Arab and Barb on both sides. 



It is unfortunate, first, that our Eevolutionary War inter- 

 rupted the peaceful progress of the country and the avocations 

 of our country gentlemen, at so early a period in the history of 



