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the second heat of their famous race, for soon 

 after the trial of speed Blank died. He was 

 owned and trained for this race by General 

 Stephen W. Carny, who imported his sire, 

 Citizen. 



As was natural. Sir Archy was so well con- 

 sidered as a stock horse that he would probably 

 have died in the possession of Mr. Davie, who had 

 found in him a great bargain. Mr. Davie, how- 

 ever, fell into financial difficulties, and mortgaged 

 Sir Archy to William Amis. In time Mr. Davie 

 was not able to pay the mortgage, and he sur- 

 rendered this most valuable horse in discharge of 

 it. William Amis presented Sir Archy to his 

 son, John D. Amis. 



The splendid horse lived to the advanced age 

 of thirty-two years, dying on the 7th of June, 

 1833. During the time that he was in the stud 

 he was said to have earned for his owners $70,000. 

 And it may be remembered that the fees in his 

 day were very small as compared with those which 

 exist now, just as the purses in those times were 

 scarcely more valuable than the ordinary over- 

 night gift of to-day. John D. Amis owned him 

 at the time of his death. 



Of all the horses bred in our country up to 



