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opportunity for a Yankee guess that in 1763 she had a colt Lath, by 

 Shepherd's Crab, that went to America. There is hardly a doubt of 

 this, and it follows that old Polly, by Flying Childers : dam by Make- 

 less; 2d dam a sister to Honeycomb Punch, by the Taffolet Barb ; and 

 3d dam a natural Barb ; was the grandam of Selima. 



This last fact would be fairly well sustained from the advertise- 

 ment of Lath, owned by De Lancey, for it is not to be supposed 

 that De Lancey would have so stated without knowing it to be true. 

 De Lancey often raced his horses at Annapolis, and had every oppor- 

 tunity to know about Col. Tasker's stock. But that this old Polly 

 was the grandam of Selima is sustained by other and entirely inde- 

 pendent testimony. 



Among the get of Polly is a filly by Fox, which, the " General Stud 

 Book" states, was sold to Lord Godolphin. This Fox Mare, with her 

 produce, appears on page 88, G. S. B., and among them is a bay stal- 

 lion Weasel, foaled 1754, bred by Lord Godolphin, and got by the Go- 

 dolphin Arabian. Her first progeny is the bay colt, Locust, by Crab, 

 foaled, as it states, about 1744, and also bred by Lord Godolphin. 

 Her produce between 1744 and 1754 are not given, but she has a filly 

 in 1753, also bred by Lord Godolphin, and got by his Arabian. 



In Skinner's " American Turf Register ", Vol. 6, page 157(1 834) , 

 the pedigree of Chloe, in the stud of Benj. Ogle Tayloe, Windsor, 

 Va., is given, extending to Col. Tasker's Selima, of which it says: 

 "She was out of one of Lord Godolphin's best mares". A note by 

 the editor adds : "Presented to Col. Tasker in England upon the ex- 

 press condition of her exportation and that she should not run in the 

 kingdom". 



Page 423 of this same volume, in giving pedigrees of animals in 

 stud of Thomas Emory, Queen Anne county, Maryland, gives that of 

 Selima thus: "Her dam was by old Fox and her grandam by Flying 

 Childers" ; which is correct. Her dam is the Fox Mare above, and 

 she was bred by Lord Godolphin and foaled in 1748. 



There were besides imported to Maryland : 



Dove, gray, fifteen and a quarter hands, by Young Cade : dam 

 by Teaser; 2d dam by Seawing Arabian. Imported, 1761, by Dr. 

 Hamilton. 



Tanner, brown, fifteen and a quarter hands, by Young Cade. 

 Imported 1764. 



Badger, gray, by Bosphorus : dam by Black-and-all-Black ; 2d 

 dam by Flying Childers. Imported by Gov. Eden of Maryland, and 

 was advertised to stand in Northampton county, North Carolina, 1777. 



Figure, bay, fifteen and a half hands; foaled 1757, got by old 



