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ever beat old Sprightly at Philadelphia — was 

 never beaten — was full sister to Bashaw. It 

 was said she or Bashaw (I do not recollect which) 

 was in the belly of her dam when she crossed the 

 Atlantic ; that the ' old Cub mare ' was selected, 

 as well on account of her blood, as that she was 

 in foal to Wildair, at the time they were imported, 

 and the colt was intended as a commendation to 

 the horse. Wildair and the Cub mare were both 

 imported at the same time, by a Col. De Lancey 

 of that state. Wildair was sent for back, by the 

 sporting gentlemen of that country, was repur- 

 chased at a long price, and put at forty guineas a 

 mare in England. All of which, Mr. Editor, I 

 then did believe, and still do believe, as sincerely, 

 as in the records of any court in this Union. 



" She was said to have left a good progeny be- 

 hind her. I well remember the name of Paragon 

 — she was certified then to be in foal to a horse 

 to the North, called Liberty; he by Dove, etc. 

 She produced the ensuing spring a remarkable 

 fine filly — was then put to the imported horse 

 Bay Richmond, and produced one of the prettiest 

 horses ever raised in this part of the world; and 

 was then sent to Mr. French's in the upper end of 

 Dinwiddie county, about fifteen or eighteen miles 



