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(by Diomed) into Virginia in 1802 ; and, very con- 

 spicuous indeed, was Mr. Bullock's great horse 

 Buzzard (by Woodpecker), that was imported by 

 Colonel Hoomes and died in Kentucky in 181 1, 

 aged twenty-four. 



Among the imported mares special mention is 

 due to Mr. Popham's brown filly by Rocking- 

 ham (her dam Tabitha, by Trentham), that was 

 purchased by Colonel Tayloe, was called Castia- 

 nira in America, and became the dam of Sir 

 Archy ; a Cullen Arabian mare said to have 

 been bred by the ' Culloden ' Duke of Cumber- 

 land from Grisewood's Lady Thigh, to have 

 been imported (probably at the Duke's death) 

 by General Spotswood, of Virginia, into America 

 (mde English 'Stud Book,' vol, x., p. 444), 

 to have been owned there by a Mr. John 

 Bland, to have been known by the name of 

 Duchess or Diamond indifferently, and to have 

 been * eighth dam ' (that is, g.g-g-g-g-g.g- dam) 

 of the famous American brood-mare Alice Carneal 

 (dam of the incomparable Lexington and of Mr. 

 R. Ten Broeck's noted Umpire) ; and to the Cub 

 Mare (bred by the famous Mr. Leeds, of York- 

 shire, in 1762, and purchased by the celebrated 



