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upon it. She seems to think that her grandfather, Col. Wilkinson, 

 staked the tankard of his family plate against this of Gov. Morton." 



Flag-a-Truce, an imported br. h., by Sober John out of Creeping Kate, 

 ran well prior to 1*767. His owners, naving implicit confidence in his 

 superior blood and ability, offered to match him against any horse of 

 his day, weight and distance to be agreed on by the parties. This chal- 

 lenge not being accepted, he was advertised to be let to mares, season of 

 176Y, at the plantation of Mr. Peter Sinkler in St. Stephen's Parish, and 

 at Mr. Williamson's plantation near Rantowle's, at £35. 



With a view of improving the breed of horses in the Province, some 

 very valuable importations of blood-stock took place about this time. 

 As many of the fancy stock of the present day are the descendants of 

 the horses brought into Carolina before the Revolution, they will be 

 enumerated, as particularly as information will allow them to be, from 

 the most authentic sources. 



Brutus, a ro. h., (imported,) foaled 1*748, by Regulus, out of Miss 

 Layton, by Partner, bred by Mr. Martindale. 



Oronooko, an imported hi. h., foaled in 1745, by Crab, out of Miss 

 Slamerkin, by young True Blue, bred by Lord Portmore. 



Slouch, an imported ch. h., foaled in 1747, by Cade, out of Little 

 Hartley mare, by Bartlet's Childers, bred by Sir John Moore. 



Matchless, an imported b. h., foaled in 1754, by the Godolphin Ara- 

 bian, out of a Sorelieels m., bred by Mr. Panton. 



Sweeper, a bl.h., (imported,) foaled in 1751, by Sloe, dam by Mogul, 

 a son of the Godolphin Arabian. 



Toby, a ch. h., rather undersized — only 14|- hands high — got by old 

 Janus in England. He was owned by Col. Alston, of North Carolina. 



Cade was a very popular stallion, imported in 1762, as a 5 yr. old. He 

 was descended from Old Cade, a son of the Godolphin Arabian, his dam 

 by Hutton's famous Wormwood, a mare in great repute in England. 

 Cade's sister, belonging to Mr. Duncomb, won the 1,200 guineas at 

 New Market, in England, 24th of March, 1761, beating six other.s, 

 and in August following, she Avon the King's 100 guineas, at Black Ham- 

 bleton, in Yorkshire, beating seven others. Cade's brother, belonging to 

 Mr. Warren, called Sportsman, won the 100 guineas at New Market, 

 England, 16tli of x\pril, 1761, beating a large field, besides winning sev- 

 eral other plates and prizes. 



Cade covered season of 1763, at Mr. Williamson's plantation, near 

 Rantowle's bridge, at £35, where he continued as late as the season of 

 1768. He received none but mares got by running horses. 



Nonpareil, a famous horse, imported in 1762, covered in the same 



