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imiDorted, out of Queen Mab, also imported as above. It would 

 appear Molly Pacolet was got by Pacolet— son of Spark— out 

 of his own sister by imp. Spark, son of Honeycomb Punch, out 

 of Wilkes' Old Hautboy mare, " he was a present to Gov. Ogle, 

 of Maryland, from Lord Baltimore,* to whom he had been pre- 

 sented by His Eoyal Highness, Frederic Prince of Wales "— 

 father to George III. 



Further detail is wholly unnecessary, in regard to the residue 

 of Ariel's pedigree, which rmis to the early horses of England 

 — Arabians and Barbs. 



PERFORMANCES. 



Ariel having passed through many hands while on the turf; 

 and, at a period, until her last year of racing, when there was 

 no general "Eegister"to record her achievements ; we have 

 made this compilation from several creditable sources, for which 

 we owe obligation ; especially to " ISTumidian," for the account 

 of her career in the South ; and to Godolphin, for that of one of 

 her splendid achievements at the I^orth. The Old Turfman, to 

 whom we must be satisfied now to refer, has already received 

 our thanks, and those of a grateful community. 



1. 1825, April. Ariel, three years old, won a race of one 

 hundred rods, against an Eclipse filly— Flying Dutchman's 

 dam — and a horse by Duroc. 



2. A fortnight after, she again won a race of one hundred 

 rods, beating Fox by Duroc, Flying Dutchman's dam, and a 

 Duroc colt. Fox, a gelding yet on the turf, was for many years 

 the crack mile horse of the JSTorth— almost invincible in a single 

 mile— at which he beat the famous Kentucky mile horse Snow 

 Ball, by half a length, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in Im. 49s. 

 for $1000. Snow Ball, a few weeks before, had beaten the 

 famed Arietta — a match one thousand yards, for $1000. 



3. Shortly after she won, mile heats, for a set of silver 

 spoons, beating Fox, Mr. Van Eanst's Eclipse colt. Flying 

 Dutchman's dam, and Agnes, by Sir Solomon. Fox being 

 drawn, Ariel distanced the field the second heat. 



* Lord Baltimore was about this period the leader of the Prince's— the opposi- 

 tion— party in Parliament.— See Walpole's letters. The present of a horse so famed 

 as Spark, was to be regarded as a special favor. 



