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owned by Mr. Brent, of Virginia. She was the 

 dam of Mr. Brogden's Chatham, a good horse at 

 heats of four miles. 



SeHma afterward had by the imported horse 

 Traveller, commonly called Morton's Traveller, 

 two colts. Partner and Ariel, capital racers; and 

 by the imported horse Juniper a colt called Ba- 

 braham. Juniper was by Babraham, a son of the 

 Godolphin Arabian. She also had a filly by the 

 imported horse Fearnought. 



Selim was foaled in 1759, and beat every horse 

 of his day until after he was nine years old. In 



1763 he won the purse at Annapolis, beating 

 Dr. Hamilton's imported horse Dove, and others. 

 At that time there was no course near Annap- 

 olis, and the horses ran two miles out, on the 

 main road toward Baltimore, and returned. In 



1764 and 1765 he won the purse at Philadelphia, 

 beating the best horses in that neighborhood. 

 It was in 1765 or 1766 that he beat True Briton 

 at Philadelphia, in a match for ^500 (or pis- 

 toles), four miles and repeat. In 1 766 he was 

 winner over the course at Chestertown, beating 

 the celebrated Yorick, from Virginia, a noted 

 horse called Juno, and others. In October, 1767, 

 he won the purse of 100 guineas at Philadelphia, 



