Early Owners were Gentlemen 8i 



imported Slim, and he by bay Babraham, etc. ; 

 g. g. g. dam by Ariel ; Leannah's g. dam Comet 

 by Colonel Taylor's Yorick, her g. g. dam by Gate- 

 wood's Shark, he by imported Shark ; her g. g. g. 

 dam, the dam of the Shark mare, was brought 

 to Kentucky from Virginia at an early day. 

 She was a fine mare, and was highly prized for 

 her bloodlike appearance and her stock. 



4. Belbroughton, b. c, by Pennoyer out of 

 Sally Mulrine, foaled in 1837. 



5. Hardy Howel by Pennoyer out of Kitty 

 by Hephestion, 



Colonel Ferguson appeared occasionally on the 

 turf. He was a very fine rider and regarded as 

 an excellent judge of horseflesh. The following 

 composed his principal stock: — 



Virginia (formerly Coquette), bred by John 

 Richardson, Esq., foaled in 181 3, got by Vir- 

 ginius out of Dorocles (by the imported horse 

 Shark), grandam by the imported horse Clockfast, 

 who was also the dam of General Hampton's 

 Maria, his celebrated gray filly, and of Vingt-un. 



Onea, bred by James Ferguson, foaled in 1821, 

 got by Pocotaligo out of Virginia, grandam Doro- 

 cles, g. g. dam Clockfast Mare, g. g. g. dam Bur- 

 well's Maria, etc. 



