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called Camilla, died January 5, 1825. Lady Lightfoot subse- 

 quently produced, 



1825— Bl. c. Eclipse Lightfoot, by Am. EcUpse ; sold at 4 yrs. old for $1,500, to a 



Co. in N. J. 

 1826— Bl. f. Black Maria, by Eclipse, the subject of this memoir; sold at 12 yrs. 



old for §4,000. 

 1821 — Missed to Eclipse. 

 1828— Ch. f. Screamer, by Henry ; sold at 17 months old to W. Livingston, Esq., 



for $500. 

 1829— Br. c. Terror, by Eclipse ; sold at 7 months old to the same gentleman for 



$1,000. 

 1830— Bl. c. Shark, by Eclipse ; sold while on the turf to J. C. Craig, Esq., for 



$17,500. 

 183l_B. f. Bay Maria, by Echpse ; sold at 4 yrs. old to Colonel W. Hampton, of 



S. C, for $5,000. 

 1832 — Missed to Imp. Serab. 



1833— Bl. f. Harlem Lass, by Shark, her brother, ) Still owned by Mr. Hall ; 

 1834 — B. f. Young Lady Lightfoot, by Eclipse, ) the first has never been trained. 



Lady Lightfoot died from the effects of a violent cold, two 

 days after the last named filly was foaled. Of the sire of Black 

 Maria — Eclipse — or of the sire of her dam— Sir Archy — ^nothing 

 need be said, the latter standing unrivalled, as he does, as the 

 sire of a host of winners, while Eclipse is equally unrivalled as 

 a winner himself. 



The grand dam of black Maria, another prodigy, was, if possi- 

 ble, still more remarkable ; she united not only a great turn of 

 speed to unflinching game, but she ran to her fourteenth year. 

 She was herself out of a celebrated race mare by Imported 

 Shark, one of the best racers and stallions England ever pro- 

 duced. She was first known as "Selden's Maria," and in her 

 3 yr. old form was sold to Mr. Alexander, for $2,000, an im- 

 mense price in those days. In the same year, 1799, she was 

 purchased jointly by the late Col. John Tayloe, of Virginia, and 

 the late Gen.Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, to match Shark, 

 and went into the stable of the latter, under the name of " Black 

 Maria." Gen. H. soon after purchased Col. T.'s interest in her, 

 and not only won his match, but carried off eveiy purse for which 

 he entered her. Subsequently she passed into the hands of Col. 

 W. Alston, of S. C, who after running her a few seasons, sold 

 her back again to Col. Tayloe, at 14 years of age, for $2,500, 

 then the highest price ever '^aid for a brood mare. 



