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of the Godolphin Arabian ; his dam by Black 

 and all Black, grandam by Flying Childers. He 

 was sire of Governor Ogle's Badger, a capital 

 racer at four-mile heats. 



Dove, a beautiful gray, imported by Dr. 

 Thomas Hamilton of Prince George's County. 

 He was got by Young Cade, his dam by Teazer 

 out of a Gardiner mare ; Teazer by the Bolton 

 Starling. The year of his importation is not 

 known, but is supposed to have been 1761 or 

 1762. In 1763 he started for the purse at An- 

 napolis, which was won by Mr. Galloway's Selim. 

 His colts in general had speed, and some of 

 them both speed and bottom. Dove was sire of 

 Mr. Macgill's Nonpareil, Primrose, Thistle, Mr. 

 Beane's Regulus, the grandam of Mr. Hall's 

 Union, etc. Nonpareil was a capital racer when 

 young, but being of slender frame, he could do 

 nothing when carrying full weight. He was the 

 best four-mile horse of Dove's get. He was 

 never beaten until he met Lath in Philadelphia. 



Figure was a bay, about 15J hands high, foaled 

 in 1757; got by Gray Figure, and he by Bashaw, 

 afterward called Old Standard. Figure was im- 

 ported by Dr. Hamilton in the year 1765; his 

 dam Mariamne by Partner. In 1766 he won the 



