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Gallatin, Sir Arcliy, Florizel, Pacolet, Bertrand, Monsieur Ton- 

 son, Sally Walker, Mercmy, &c., &c., have run about tlie same 

 number. We have no recollection of any other — besides the 

 famed gelding Leviathan, Black Maria, winner at twenty miles, 

 and whose achievements have subsequently been so splendid — 

 yet on the turf — her dam Lady Lightfoot — -perhaps her grandam 

 Black Maria, by Shark— Polly Hopkins, Sally Hope, and Col- 

 lier — that in the excellence and extent of their running, can bear 

 any comparison to Ariel — certainly their superior in the latter 

 respect. Of Lady Lightfoot the memoir is incomplete — she won 

 three races in one week at Charleston, S. C. — beat the best 

 horses in excellent time — was on the turf from three to eleven 

 years old ; but a great portion of the time running with second- 

 rate or broken-down horses — she may have won thirty races ; 

 Polly Hopkins, from three to six years old, won 23 out of 30 

 races ; winning all her seven races the fall she was three years 

 old, and beating tlie best horses, in the best time ; Sally Hope, 

 from three to seven, won 22 out of 27 races ; 18 or 19 of them 

 in succession, to the close of her career, beating the best horses, 

 also in the best time. See Am. Turf Reg. vol. 3, p. 452. 



In taking leave of the famed Ariel, with this exposition, we 

 conceive ourselves justified in admitting her claims to an illus- 

 trious lineage, and to our admiration, for performances that we 

 think 'unjyaralleled on the pages of racing annals. — American 

 Turf Register^ vol. vi., j^o. 1. 



