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should import the finest blood horse$ or mares from England, oi 

 raise them from those already imported. It was tlie object of the 

 writer, in the preceding pages, to call up those periods to review, 

 and give an account of the most valuable stallions and mares, from 

 which the Virginia stock were bred during those times, hoping it 

 will serve to animate the breeders of the present day, and stimulate 

 them to emulate their ancestors in their zeal and success in rearing 

 "the blood horse. 



Justice, a chesnut horse, fifteen hands high, was bred by Wm. 

 Manby, of Gloucestershire, England, and got by Regulus out of the 

 Bolton Sweepstakes. Justice covered in Prince George county, 

 Virginia, in 1761. 



Othello, a beautiful bla,ck, fifteen hands high, very strong was 

 got by Mr. Panton's Crab, in England, out of the Duke of Somer- 

 set's favorite brood mare. Othello covered in Virginia, on James' 

 River, in 1761, and was a most capital stallion. He got Selim and 

 the dam of Mark Anthony. 



Crawford, a fine dapple grey, 15 hands high, was bred by his 

 royal highness the Duke of Cumberland, and got by his Arabian. 

 Covered in Virginia in 1762. 



Juniper, a fine bay, 15 hands one inch high, foaled in 1752, was 

 got by Babraham, one of the best sons of the Godolphin Arabian. 

 The dam of Juniper by the Stamford Turk, &-c. Juniper covered 

 in Charles City, Va. in 1762, and was an excellent stallion. He is 

 a remote cross in the Virginia pedigree. 



Ranter, a beautiful bay, 15 hands high, foaled in 1755, imported 

 into Virginia in 1762, by Wm. S. Wadman. He was got by Dimple, 

 a son of the Godolphin Arabian ; the dam of Ranter by old Crab, 

 Bloody Buttocks, &,c. Ranter stood in Stafford County, Va. in 

 1753, and is an old cross in our pedigrees. 



Aristotle, brown bay, 15 hands high, got by the Cullen Arabian, 

 his dam by old Crab, &c. Aristotle was one of the finest and 

 highest formed horses imported into Virginia in h'is day; he pro- 

 pagated a most valuable stock for the time he lived, having died 

 shortly after coming into Virginia. He stood at Berkely, Charles 

 City county, in 1761. 



Bucephalus, brown bay, 15 1-2 hands high, foaled in 1758, was 

 got by Sir Matthew Wetherton's horse Locust, his dam by Old 

 Cade, Partner, &c. Bucephalus was a very strong horse, and stood 

 at Tappahannock, Va. in 1765. 



David, a bay horse, 15 hands high, well made, very active, and 

 descended from the best stock in England. Stood in Virginia 

 in 1765. 



Dotterell, a high formed horse, 15 1-2 hands high, a powerful 

 strong boned horse, was got by Changeling, his dam by a son of 

 Winn's Arabian, &c. Changeling was one of the finest horses in 

 England of his day. Dotterell stood in Westmoreland county, Va. 

 in 1766. 



Merry Tom, a beautiful bay, 4 feet 11 inches high, he was got 

 by Regulus, ('jne of the best sons of the Godolphin Arabian,) his 

 'Jam by Locust, a son of Crab, his grandam by a son of Flying 



