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"No. 6. A bay filly, rising two years old, fourteen hands three 

 inches high, very large, strong and handsome ; got by Wildair, and 

 own sister to Malton. 



"No. 7. A bay colt, rising one year old, very large, strong and 

 handsome; got by Lath, out of the Babraham Mare No. 2 [4?]. 



"No. 8. A bay filly rising one year old, large, strong and very 

 handsome; got by Lath, out of the Babraham Mare, No. 2 [4?]. 



"No. p. A bay filly rising one year old, handsome but not very 

 large; got by Col. Lloyd 's Traveler, her dam by Babraliam, and is 



M-J [5- ? ]. 



"For further particulars enquire of James De Lancey Esq., or 

 Robert Gay at the Bowery". 



In the same newspaper of Sept. /, 17/5, as also in the "New 

 York Gazette and Weekly Mercury" of Sept. 4 and n, 1775 (all of 

 which papers may be seen in the New York Historical Society 

 Library, New York city) is a second advertisement, as follows : 



"TO BE SOLD, 



at public vendue, on Tuesday, the 1 2th day of September, inst., at 

 the house of John Fowler, in Bowery Lane, the remaining part of the 

 stud of James De Lancey Esq., consisting of the following: 



"CUB, 



"An English mare got by the famous horse. Cub, who was one of 

 the best racers and stallions in Great Britian. This mare is the dam 

 of Bashaw, Pilgrim and several other fine horses and mares ; she is 

 allowed to be one of the most valuable brood mares in America ; she 

 was covered by Lath and supposed to be in foal. 

 "FAIR RACHAEL, 



"A fine English mare got by old Babraham, son of the Godolphin 

 Arabian out of a daughter of the famous Bolton Starling. This 

 mare is the dam of Matchem and Sultana. She breeds most beauti- 

 ful stock, was covered by Lath and supposed to be in foal. 



"The above mares are very lucky in producing foals. 



"A yearling filly from Fair Rachael, got by Lath; a yearling filly 

 from Betty Leeds, got by Traveler. A three-year-old filly, got by 

 Wildair, with a chance colt foal at her foot. Two bay geldings and a 

 bay mare that have been accustomed for many months to draw a post 

 chaise and curricle, being a good match for each other. The mare 

 was got by Wildair. 



"Several common horses and four ^Esopus brood mares, that 

 have bred excellent carriage horses". 



From the above it will appear that De Lancey's imported racer, 

 Betty Leeds, had been bred once, at least, to Traveler ; and it appears 



