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A ch. f., 3 yrs. old, by Turpin, out of a mare by Babraham, g. dam by 

 old Partner. 



Moro, an imported horse, covered at Mr. Wm, Henry Drayton's plan- 

 tation, at the Horse Shoe, at £o sterling, season of '69. Moro was by 

 Moro, dam by Regulus, g. dam by Rib, g. g dam by Partner, g. g. g. 

 dam by Greyhound, g. g. g. g. dam by the Curwin Bay Barb. 



It is an interesting fact, not generally known, that the agent that im- 

 ported Moro had nearly succeeded in importing the celebrated Eclipse in 

 his place. He liad looked at him and made an oflPer, which, not coming 

 up exactly to the terms proposed by the owner, the offer was rejected. 

 A few days after, the owner of EcHpse made some abatement in his 

 terms, which would have been acceded to had not the American agent 

 purchased Moro in the mean time. By the merest trifle, then. South 

 Carolina failed in obtaining possession of the most remarkable race 

 horse the world ever saw. 



Fallower, imported by Mr. Fenwicke in 1*766, covered for several sea- 

 sons in Carolina, esteemed in England a horse of the highest blood. He 

 was by Blank, his dam by Partner, g. dam by Bloody Buttocks, his g. 

 g. dam by Greyhound, g. g. g. dam by Makeless, up to Dodsworth, out 

 of a Layton Barb mare. Mr. Fenwicke sold this horse very soon after 

 his arrival in this country. 



Old Starling was an imported horse from England ; he covered in St. 

 John's Parish, from 1767 to '72, at £.35 currency ; the property of Wm. 

 Moultrie, Esq. He was bred by Lord Rockingham ; esteemed by good 

 judges the handsomest horse in America; he was by Starling out of a 

 mare by the Godolphin Arabian, his g. dam by Childers, g. g. dam by 

 True Blue, g. g. g. dam b3' Cypress, out of the Duke of Rutland's fa- 

 mous mare Bonny Black. 



Antaeus, another imported horse, bred by John Ward, Esq., of Kent, 

 in England, was by Spectator; he covered season of 1771, near Jack- 

 sonborough, at £35 currency. 



Snipe, imported, covered near Jacksonborough, at £35 currency, in 

 1772 and '7.''. Snipe was bred by the Duke of Cumberland, got by 

 Snap, a son of Snip, a son of the Devonshire Childers. Snipe's dam was 

 by Blank ; her dam by the Ancaster Driver, his g. dam by Smiling Tom, 

 her g. g. dam by Oyster Foot, g. g. g. dam by old Merton. 



Mask, an English horse, by young Babraham, out of a mare by old 

 Cade, with a pedigree running up to the Curwin Bay Barb, covered at 

 Santee in 1771, at £35 currency. 



Babraham, a b. h. by old Babraham, out of a Second mare, out of a 



