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Celer was justly considered as the best son of old Janus, as he 

 propagated a stock equal in every quality to those of the stock 

 begotten by his sire. He was bred by Mr. Mead of Virginia, and 

 foaled in 1774, and died in 1802, aged 28 years. 



As the pedigree on his dam's side is not generally known, I will 

 l.*>r.> give it. The dam of Celer was g'^t by the imported horse 

 Aristotle, a brown bay, finely formed, full 15 hands high, bred by 

 Mr. Bladen and got by the Cullen Arabian, his dam by Crab, his 

 grandam by Hobgoblin, great grandam by the Godolphin Arabian, 

 out of a famous mare called White Cheeks. 



Morton's imported horse Traveller contributed in an eminent 

 degree to the improvement of the turf stock of horses in Virginia 

 He was a bay horse, foaled about the year 1748, and was a cover- 

 ing stallion at Richmond court house, Va. as early as the year 1754 

 He was bred by Mr. Crofts, at Raby in Yorkshire (who was the for 

 tuuate breeder and owner of some of the first horses in England) 

 and was got by his famous horse Partner, who was a grandson of 

 the Byerly Turk, and was himself the grandsire of King Herod. 

 The dam of Traveller was by Bloody Buttocks (an Arabian) Grey, 

 liound ; Makeless ; Brimmer ; Place's White Turk ; Dodsworth ; 

 Layton Barb mare. Morton's Traveller was bred from the bes* 

 running stock in England in that day : the famous Wetherington 

 mare v/as full sister to Traveller ; she bred Shepherd's Crab and 

 other capital racers. 



Morton^s Traveller got Tryall and Yorick out of Blazella, im- 

 ported, and Burwell's Traveller out of a Janus and Lycurgus ; al- 

 so Lloyd's Traveller out of a Jenny Cameron, and Tristam Shandy 

 out of a Janus, Ariel full brother to Partner, and Partner out of 

 colonel Tasker's imported mare Selima. 



Partner was the best son of Morton's Traveller, proving to be 

 not only a fine race horse, but a valuable stallion. He was foaled 

 about the year 1755. Partner got Rockingham out of Nelson's im- 

 ported mare Blossom, and Fitz Partner out of the dam of Celer and 

 the celebrated horse Mark Anthony. 



Mark Anthony^ s dam was by Othello, (a son of Mr. Parton's capi- 

 tal English horse Crab) his grandam the imported mare Moll Bra- 

 zons : she was sired by Spark, who v/as imported to this country 

 by Governor Ogle, of Maryland, and was given to him by Lord 

 Baltimore, who received him from Frederick, Prince of Wales. 



Mark Anthony was foaled about the year 1763, and did not ex- 

 ceed fifteen hands in height, and was a horse of beauty and intrin- 

 sic value, whether viewed as a racer or stallion. In the former 

 character he was not excelled by any horse of his day, being 

 '* remarkable for his swiftness," having at the same time good wind, 

 enabling him to run four miles heats in good form. In the latter 

 character he stood deservedly celebrated, and propagated a stock 

 which were held in the highest estimation for their various valu- 

 able qualities, whether for the turf, the saddle or the harness. — 

 Mark Anthony got Collector out of a Centinel, and Monarch out 

 of a thorough bred mare, and Romulus out of a Valiant. 



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