PEDIGREE, 



CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCES OF BLACK MARIA. 



The distinguished subject of this memoir was bred bj Charles 

 Henry Hall, Esq., of Harlem, N. Y., and was foaled on the 15th 

 of June, 1826. At the age of seventeen months she was pur- 

 chased by John C. Stevens, Esq., of this city, for $1,000, and 

 remained in his hands during the whole of her long and brilliant 

 racing career. She was got by American EcliiJse, out of 

 Lady Lightfoot, by Sir Archy — grand dam Black Maria by Imp. 

 Shark — g. g. dam — the dam of Yingt'un — a celebrated race 

 mare by Imp. Clockfast, a half-brother to Medley, by Gimcrack 

 — g- g. g. dam Burwell's Maria by Regulus, etc. 



Did our limits allow, we would gladly devote a few columns 

 to the history of the illustrious ancestry of the subject of this 

 memoir, but with the intention of making it the theme of ano- 

 ther article at no distant day, we proceed to the discussion of 

 the matter before us. We will remark, however, en passant^ 

 that Lady Lightfoot, the dam of Black Maria, was the most 

 distinguished racer of her day, having won between twenty and 

 thirty races, the majority at four-mile heats, and never having 

 been beaten but once, except in her old age — her eleventh year 

 — and then by Eclipse, on the Union Course. She was bred by 

 the late Colonel John Tayloe, of Va., and was foaled at Mr. 

 Ogle's seat, Bel- Air, Pr. George's county, Md., in June, 1812. 

 She was purchased by Mr. Hall in 1824, of Major Wm. Jones, 

 of Oyster Bay, Long Island, and the late Dr. Alexander Hosack, 

 of this city, for $1,500, with a bay filly at her foot. This filly, 



