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to the Northern shores, the Cub Mare was the 

 one to stamp her individuahty upon her get and 

 to make a name for herself as a producer of race- 

 horses, that will not be permitted to die so long 

 as American thoroughbred pedigrees are extant. 

 She was the Selima of the Northern turf. She 

 was, in fact, one of the most valuable mares ever 

 imported to this country. Nearly all of the best 

 horses in America trace to her either on the dam 

 or sire side. Immediately she began to make her 

 presence felt. Rattler, Childers, Sumpter, Flir- 

 tilla, Ivanhoe, Polly Hopkins, Hyazin, and Inau- 

 gural are some of those thoroughbreds foaled 

 in the early years which trace directly to her. 



The greatest of her produce, however, was her 

 first foal. That was a filly, sometimes called 

 Maria Slamerkin, sometimes Old Slamerkin, and 

 again Miss Slamerkin. This filly was the result 

 of a union between the Cub Mare and Wildair, 

 a horse which accompanied her to this country. 



The Cub Mare passed her days in the vicinity 

 of New York. When and where she died is not 

 known. But she was a respectable personage in 

 the early history of the American thoroughbred, 

 and her daughter, Maria Slamerkin, was the most 

 highly regarded animal of her sex in her day. 



