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that the dam may have been one of De Lancey's other imported 

 mares), the pedigree of True Briton or Beautiful Bay, as follows : 



He was got by Lloyd's Traveler, a thoroughbred, son, of Mor- 

 ton's imported Traveler and imported Jenny Cameron : dam Betty 

 Leeds, by Babraham ; 2d dam by Bolton Starling; 30 dam by 

 the Godolphin Arabian. He was foaled about 1768, and, probably, 

 bred by Col. James De Lancey. 



In the " Hartford Courant", in 1780, is advertised the stallion 

 Young Juniper, seven years old, by imported Juniper. The descrip- 

 tion of his dam in words and punctuation is this: " His dam was the 

 Nancy, whose sire was the Traveler, formerly owned by De Lancey 

 of New York ". 



This advertisement is not signed and we do not know its origin. 

 If the words, " formerly owned by De Lancey of New York", qualify 

 the word ''Traveler" (which is, perhaps, the most natural construc- 

 tion, although the punctuation would suggest otherwise), then it is 

 an assertion by some one that one of the De Lanceys of New York 

 at some time owned a horse called Traveler. But the words quoted 

 are as likely to refer to the mare, Nancy ; for we know from a large 

 experience that advertisements of this kind are more apt to be loosely 

 than accurately expressed. If this latter is the correct construction, 

 then the statement is that the mare, Nancy, was owned by one of the 

 De Lanceys, and that her sire was the Traveler. 



With the knowledge that we now have of the De Lancey stock, 

 we can be very certain that, if this advertisement refers to Col. James 

 De Lancey, this latter meaning is the true one ; and the suggestion is 

 that he may have bred to Lloyd's Traveler three times, or, at least, 

 chat he owned three animals got by that horse. 



The statement that True Briton was got " by the imported horse 

 Traveler, owned in New Jersey ", and the statement that " it was said 

 at that time, that he was sired by the imported horse called the 

 Traveler, said to be kept in New Jersey", not only fail to support the 

 idea that the sire was owned by Col. De Lancey, but they construct- 

 ively contradict it. For if the sire of True Briton had been owned 

 by the very De Lancey who was reputed to have bred him, and from 

 whom he was captured, the tradition would have been apt to go 

 with him, as well as the part relating to his dam, and his late owners 

 would have been apt to learn of it. 



Lloyd's Traveler was bred by John Tayloe of Virginia, was got by 

 Morton's imported Traveler, and foaled about 1758 : his dam, Jenny 

 Cameron, bay (imported by John Tayloe about 1750), got by Quiet 

 Cuddy, son of Fox; 2d dam Miss Belvoir, bred by the Duke of Rut- 



