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good proportions, fine action, and about fifteen 

 hands high. Her greatest race, or at least the 

 one which attracted the most attention, was with 

 General William Wynn's bay mare Flirtilla by 

 Sir Archy, dam by Robin Redbreast, When it 

 was announced that the Northern mare Ariel was 

 matched against the Southern mare Flirtilla, a 

 race of three-mile heats, for $20,000, an enthu- 

 siasm was awakened in the two sections sur- 

 passed only by the great conflict between Henry 

 and Eclipse. The same strains of blood were 

 brought together, for Flirtilla was the half-sister 

 of Henry, and Ariel the daughter of Eclipse. 



The race was run on the Union Course, 

 October 31, 1825, in the presence of the largest 

 turf gathering on Long Island since the battle 

 fought by the two chestnuts on that never-to- 

 be-forgotten 27th of May. Ariel was but three 

 years old, while Flirtilla was five, so the advan- 

 tage of age this time was on the side of the 

 South. Colonel Johnson trained Flirtilla, and he 

 directed her running in the match, having learned 

 prudence, and to avoid lobster suppers on the eve 

 of battle. 



Ariel won the first heat, and Flirtilla the 

 second and third, thus retrieving the honor of 



