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ond, if second, to none but the best of these ; and these, all 

 except one or two, not long enough withdrawn to have transmit- 

 ted their honors, likely to perpetuate them to the most remote 

 posterity — of such horses as Medoc — by Eclipse ; his dam, Maid 

 of the Oaks, by imp. Expedition ; g. dam, old Maid of tlie 

 Oaks, by Spread Eagle ; g. g. dam — the dam of Nancy Air — 

 by Sliark, g. g. g. dam by Kockingham, g. g. g. dam by Gal- 

 lant, g. g. g. g. dam by True Whig, g. g. g. g. g. dam by imp. 

 Keguhis, g. g. g. g. g. g. dam by imp. Diamond — an animal of 

 singular beauty, and one who was withdrawn from the turf in 

 the prime of his performances, and cut off by an unfortunate 

 accident, ere he had half fulfilled his promise as a stallion. 



Mingo, by American Eclipse ; his dam, Bay Bett, by Thorn- 

 ton's Rattler — ^he by Sir Archy — g. dam, Cliffden mare, by 

 impd. Cliffden, g. g. dam by Hall's Spot — he by Hall's imp. 

 Eclipse out of imp. mare — g. g. g. dam by Hyder Aly, he by 

 Lindsay's Arabian, dam by Othello, &c., — to my own mind, for 

 shape, figure, stride and action, the race-horse in the highest 

 form, that I have ever seen, be the other who he may, since I 

 have been in America. He was as big as he was beautiful, and 

 as good as he was big. It always appeared to me that this 

 magnificent animal never had half a fair chance, on our little 

 one-mile-round courses ; which, it must be admitted, are as much 

 against a long-striding, lengthy, raking galloper, as they are in 

 favor of a short, active, quick-gathering, compact animal. He 

 was a good winner and good performer, after all, though he 

 was often most indifferently ridden. I once saw him come in 

 a winner, in a four-mile heat, with his head pulled half round, 

 the snaffie drawn wholly through his mouth to the left, and the 

 rein acting as a bit. 



Clarion, by Monmouth Eclipse, dam by Oscar, as beautiful 

 and gallant a horse as a man need look upon. 



Postboy — by Sir Henry, his dam Garland by Old Duroc, g. d. 

 Young Damsel by Hamiltonian, g. g. d. Miller's Damsel by 

 Imported Messenger, g. g. g. d. by PotSos, g. g. g. g. d. by Gim- 

 crack, &c, — a good horse, and supposed for a short time to 

 be a wonder, but clearly overrated, and in the end admitted to 

 be so. He was not, by a long shot, so good a horse as Mingo, 

 of whom it is asserted that he was never beaten, when in con- 



