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Sir Archj, confidently avers the fact that Diomed was the sire 

 of Sir Archj.'^ 



In the spring of 1804, the season that Sir Ai-chy was got, 

 old Diomed stood at Col. Selden's below Kichmond. Mr. Sel- 

 den, his son, who is now living, saw Castianira — the dam of 

 Archy — covered on the same day by Diomed, that he got 

 Wrangler. This declaration of Mr. Selden puts the question 

 beyond all doubt. But if we were to reason on other circum- 

 stances, I should reject Gabriel as the sire of Sir Archy. Ga- 

 briel's stock were not large, but only common size ; hence the 

 improbability of his being the sire of so large a horse as Sir 

 Archy. Whereas, Diomed's stock were generally of good size, 

 and Sir Ai-chy bears a strong resemblance to the Kockingham 

 and Herod stock ; of which blood he possessed a large share, 

 not only through Rockingham, but also through Florizel, the 

 sire of Diomed. 



Sir Archy may justly be allowed to be one of the best bred 

 horses this country or England has ever produced. He was not 

 only a distinguished racer, but, as a stallion, he stands upon 

 higher ground than any other horse that has covered in Amer- 

 ica, and may rank with the best stallions in England. 



He has done as much for the turf stock of this country as 

 the Godolphin Arabian, King Herod, or Highflyer, for that of 

 Great Britain. Most of the best stock at present in this coun- 

 try are either immediately from the loins of Sir Archy, or have 

 been produced from his sons and daughters. Sir Archy covered 

 at $50 the season until within a few years, when his price was 

 raised to $75 the season, and $100 insurance ; at which price 

 he now covers in I^orth Carolina. 



A list of his most distinguished get is here added, but it is 

 far from being complete. 



* Vide his letter to J. S. Skinner, Esq., in Am. Farmer, vol. 9, p. 143. 



