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mare by Starling; and Lofty by Snap, both imported horses, covered in 

 1772, at Mr. Arthur Middlelon's plantation, on Ashley River. 



DafFodill, advertised as a thorough bred horse, covered at a place 

 called Cane Acres, at five guineas sterling. 



Frier, an imported stallion, was by South, out of an own sister to Sir 

 James Lowther's Babraham. South was by Regulus, his dam by Sore- 

 heels, out of Sir Ralph Millbank's famous Makeless mare. Friar's dam 

 was got by old Brabraham, his g. dam by Golden BaU, g. g. dam by 

 the Hampton Court Childers, out of Sophonisba. Friar was foaled in 

 1760, bred by Sir John Moore; he was imported into Carolina in his six 

 year old form; covered his first season, 1767, at Mr. Thomas Boone's 

 plantation, Pon Pon ; afterwards, up to season of 1774, at Beach Hill, 

 at £35 currency. 



Fhmnap, an imported b. h., foaled in 1765, by South out of a Cygnet 

 mare, (Cygnet was by the Godolphin Arabian,) g. dam by Cartouch ; g. 

 g. dam by Ebony, by Childers, g. g. g. dam by Ebony, by Basto. He 

 was bred by Sir John Moore, who disposed of him to Sir Watkin Wil- 

 liam Wynn. At the saie of this latter gentleman's stud, Mr. Mansell, of 

 the firm of Mansell, Corbett & Co., of the City of Charleston, purchased 

 him, and shipped him to South Carolina, a little prior to the Revolution, 

 where he beat all the best horses of the country, among others, Mr. 

 Nightingale's celebrated black horse Careless. Flimnap was a horse of 

 much celebrity, and held in high estimation in England. He covered at 

 Spring Grove, St. Paul's Parish, at £35 currency, season of 1774. He 

 became afterwards the property of Major Isaac Childs Harleston, who 

 removed him to his country seat at "Irishtown," St. Thomas' Parish, S. 

 C, where he stood to mares for many years, his produce proving good 

 runners, and highly formed. Although rather undersized, only fourteen 

 hands and half an inch in height, Flimnap was nevertheless possessed of 

 the bone and sinew of a horse of sixteen hands. 



The following is an extract from Josiah Quincy's Journal, when on a 

 visit to Charleston. S. C, 1773 : 



'■'■March 3. — Spent this day in viewing horses, riding over the town, 

 and receiving complimentary visits. 



'■'■March 16. — Spent the morning, ever since 5 o'clock, in perusing 

 public records of the Province, &c., &c. ; am now going to the famous 

 Races. 



"The Races were well performed ; but Flimnap beat Little David (who 

 had won the last sixteen races) out and out. The last heat the former 

 distanced the latter. The first four mile heat was performed in eight 

 minutes and seventeen seconds, being four miles. £2,000 were won and 



