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he does not say say so. It is possible that De Lancey purchased 

 True Briton with his dam. 



The statement of Norton that his horse was got by Traveler has 

 generally been accepted as correct. It would be difficult to account 

 for it unless it was so. For, if the pedigree had been guessed at or fab- 

 ricated, owned, as True Briton was, by De Lancey, and supposed to 

 have been bred by him, it would certainly have been said that he was 

 by one of De Lancey's celebrated stallions, Wildair or Lath. The 

 difficulty has been to identify "Traveler. The following adver- 

 tisement, which we found in "Rivingston's New York Gazateer, or the 

 Connecticut, Hudson River, New Jersey and Quebec Advertiser", of 

 March 16, 1/75, practically determines this point in showing to 

 what Traveler De Lancey bred. 



-TO BE SOLD. 



"The following high-bred horses, mares, colts and fillies : 



-No. I. A bay horse called Matchem, rising six years old, fif- 

 teen hands high, very strong, bony and handsome. He was got by 

 Wildair, dam by Babraham, his grandam by old Starling, his great 

 grandam by Merry Andrew, out of Coughing Polly. She was the 

 dam of Perseus and Miss Doe, and full sister to the dam of Skim. 



"No. 2. A bay horse, called Pilgrim, rising four years old, fifteen 

 hands high, remarkably strong, bony and handsome, got by Wildair, 

 dam by Cub ; his grandam was the dam of Mr. Barry's Amaranthus, 

 out of the best running horse now in England; his great grandam by 

 Starling; she was the dam of Mr. Wildman's Leedes, Lord Bolin- 

 broke's Fop and Flash, and several other good runners ; his great 

 great grandam by old Partner, and was full sister to the dam of Bandy. 

 This horse is own brother to Slamerkin and Bashaw. 



-No. 3. A bay colt named Malton, rising four years, fifteen 

 hands and an inch high, very strong, lengthy and handsome ; got by 

 Wildair : his dam by Sampson, full sister to Lord Rockingham's Bay 

 Malton, Pilgrim, Solon and Tom Tinker, and of Mr. Fenton, Esq.'s 

 sire of Lord Grosvenor's Mambrino, esteemed the best horse now in 

 England ; his grandam by the Godolphin Colt; his great grandam by 

 Partner, and was full sister to the dam of Blameless and Prophet. 



'No. 4. A bay mare, sixteen years old, fourteen hands and a 

 half high, strong and handsome; got by Babraham, and is the dam of 

 Matchem. 



-No. 5. A bay mare, fifteen years old, fifteen hands high, strong 

 and handsome ; got by Babraham, her dam by Starling ; her gran- 

 dam by the Godolphin Arabian, and full sister to Mr. Vernon's Ame- 

 lia and the grandam of Tortolfe. 



