The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02

RED by the criticisms OF his friends
for paving SO large price for the
horse that he concluded to sell, II ne
could ind purchaser at that price.
He found that purchaser In the person
OF Mr.. John y. Amis, OF Northampton
county, NJ c., one OF the largest plant
ers In that State. Mr.. Amis placed
him at once In the stud, where he re-
NAMED until his death.
AT Mr.. Amis's death he peaueathed
Sir Archy to his son. Junius Amis, by
Ills will, recorded at jackson. n. =.
Colonel Bennehan Cameron, OF FARM
tosh Farm, N. c.. a large owner OF
and n student OF pedi-
arees. writes me that he has seen the
above WILL and that Juntus AIMS
claimed that his father had In his lite-
time given him the horse. and that
he was entitled, out of the estate. 70
the fees earned by him. The Bill OIL
suIe was produced and the fees ascer-
tanned and allowed him by the court
were $4,000, from which II appears
that $4,000 was not an exorbltant price
for him. TO Colonel Cameron ! am
also indebted for the further 1acts lI.a Ina,
president Andrew Jackson Imported
some dozen or more English mares, on
condition that Colonel Cameron's great
pra ndfather. Mr.. Richard Bennehan.
should keep them at his farm, at Stag
| willie. ~ c.. and breed them 10 slr
archy. This he did. and thus laid the
foundation OF his Hermitage Stud. near
Nashville; that Mr.. Harding. OF Bruns-
Iwick county. Va. father OF General
Harding, the founder OF the great
4 Pelle Meade Stud, at Nashville, bred
many OF his imported mares to Sit
Archy. and then crossed the progeny
With Preain, which gave the general
.tthe Foundation stock for that magnih-
lcent establishment, Belle Meade, the
/ home OF Iroquois, who was sent TO
kEnEland to land did win the Engllsh
DERBY: that the granddaughter OF that
Mr.. Junius Amis married the son or
IT.. b. Haggin, of California and Ken
lucky. the most extensive breeder OF
4 thoroughbreds in the word, the great
/ success OF his breeding being no doubt
/ ire result of tho strain of Sir Archy
blood, which Is so predominant his
horses. and also for the fact that the
horse. Choctaw, which General Fitz
1 lee rode in the Cuban War, and which
A was given to the general by Colonel
4 Cameron. is a direct descendant of
/ Sir Archy, through mares which have
Ibeen in Colonel Cnmeron's family for
'l1c0 years.
Z Sir Archy in his long stud career.
Z sired some 100 or more horses OF re-
4 nown. The most noted of these was
Timoleon. winner Of fifteen out Of sew
4 enteen starts, and the sire of BOSTON,
!, ana after him, Virginian. Director
Henry, Flirtella Betsy and John Rich-
1 ards and Johanna. Sir Archy was
Inbred to Herod. Diomed, his sire,
!. was by. Florizel. son of FIerod,s and
T buckingham, the sire Of his dam. was
. by Highflyer, the best son OF .fiefo y :
\ He traces on both sides many times to
!. the Godolphin and barley Arabian
j; through their best sons-Cade BAD
raham, Blank, Cover stallion, Regulus
blaze, Flying and Bartles Chlders.
Sir Archy was blood bay, with no
white except tho heel of his right
I hind foot, full sixteen hands high;
, his shoulders were sunaxception very
q deem In his girth, back short and
: strong, arms and thighs long ana mus
s cular, and hone large. In short, MS
4 conformation was beyond criticism liz
/ possessed both speed anu endurance
and a. remarkable constitution. which
'Ihe Impaired to Ills progeny. The more
I OF his blood we can get into our race
!. horses the better There seems to be
!. considerable doubt about the date OF
: his DEATH Bruce putting II in one OF
:, lhis latest books as the 18th of June
! |1Ss3. the yearain which his grandson
: Boston, was foaled, which would make
: him ttwenty-eight years old: while
{ I;ruce elsewhere puts his age at thirty.
Y one years. Colonel Cameron puts tt5 Il,
!. thirty-six years. 1t is certain, how.
!. ever, that he was buried at Mowtields
& 1.-THE present homie of Judge Robert Is
4 PEBBLES, of North Carolina, 1t is not
{ |certain, however, that Ills remains were
! allowed to rest there, as a museum II
|, philadelphia applied for his skeleton
+ and it Is not known whether< go
!. them or not,
i III 1 Sir Archy's fame rested onlyBpn hi!
\ being the progenitor of Timoleon, Dos
4 ton, Lexington. Isedeye,s Nina and \ Lie
i, conte, and their descendants, we couls
Il safely say that he was tile creates
q sire Virginia has produced, II
Al He did not run marry races, but bea