The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-02
What Godolphin Arabian
Was to Great Britain Sir
ArchyWas to America.
SIRED HUNDRED
RACE WINNERS
Timoleon Was the Most Notable
Of His Get, and by Him Was
Got the Mighty Boston.
Sir Archy Died at the
Age OF Thirty
Siy
& THOMAS NELSON CARTIER.

by THOMAS NELSON CARTER.
\ What the Godolphin Arabian was to 4
the English thoroughbred, Sir Archy.
Lis descendant, was to the American.
for each Infused into the horses OF his
country strain OF the blood which,
for endurance and speed. has been the
admiration and wonder of every stu
dent of the horse to this day
L Unlike the Godolphin Arabian, who
Ia have not gotten to the poin t of rec
ferrlng to them as 'which') was pur-
chased out Of a water cart in Paris
during the year 1925 by Mr.. Coke, who
gave him to MIR. r. Williams, who In
turn presented him to Earl Godolphin.
by whom he was imported to England.
Sir Archy was foaled in the country
OF his brilliant career. How the Co.
dolphin Arabian reached Paris is
mooted question:. but the better optn-e
ion seems to be that he came from
Earvary. and was therefore Barb
and not right Arab.
Unlike the Eastern horse again, Sir
Arcly was a good racer. while the Go
dolphin Arabian was not even the equal
OF selling platers in the land of his
adoption.
Being small horse-only fifteen
hands Highland of poor conformation,
he was not intended for the stud. and
| It was only through the failure of Hob-
goblin, for whom he was companion
4 that his great qualities as a sire were
| ascertained, but when they We're, he
became the most noted of all Eastern
/ sires
| To Virginians the most Interesting
fact about him Is that he was the pro-
genitor of Diomed, who was the first
winner of the English Derby. and the
sire of Sir ,Archy, who in turn was
! the Sire of Timoleon Chat great racer
1 who started seventeen times and lost
only twice., the grandsire of the great
Boston and the great-grandsire of the
lsreater Lexington.
4 Sir Archy was, as stated, by Diomed,
who was imported to this country in
the twenty-second year of his age by
Colonel Hoomes, of Caroline co21U,
Va, out Of imported Castianira. sgl11
jointly by Colonel John TayfR q
Mount Airy, Richmond courfst Va.
and Mr.. Archy Randolph, twtsa ss1ne0
| Ben Lomond. on James River. but res
sided at Carter Hall, that splendid old &
/ place near wildwood, Clarke county.
Va, which was at that time the homo
/. of his wife and her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathaniel Burwell the grand
j parents of Mrs. F. II. Mayo, OF this
city.
i AS to the place of birth Of Sir Archy,
4 there are two accounts. One places It;
lat Carter Hall, on that splendid lawn
Of seventy-dve acres, shas ed by q hun
A dred grand old oaks and wntered by the
4 finest spring In all the Valley OF Yir-s.
ginia. This account was vouched for
by the late Mr.. I. Fl. b. Randolph, the
1 grandson of Mr.. Archy Randolph and
]. the husband of the granddnug hter of
y Mr. Nathaniel Burwell. Mr.. Tom Ran
!, dolph lived for many years at Carter
! Hall with Mr.. George II. Burwell, Sr,
the owner of the place. after the death
] of his father, Mr.. Nathaniel BurwellS
and knew from Mr.. Burwell all OF tile
i; traditions of the place, and his testi-s
! mony is entitled to the greatest weight.
Mr.. George III. Burwell, Jr.. the press
ent owner Of the larger part of Carter
!. Hall, however, writes me that he has
no accurate Information on the subject.
d but quotes from The American Turf.
" Register and Sporting Magazine for
4 December 1899, Volume l., No. q, to
!, the effect that Sir Archy was foaleds
. on James River. s
! On the contrary, Mrs. P. III. Mayo
! sister OF the present Mr.. George H
Rurwell says that she always UNDER
! stood that5h was born at Carter Hail..
The other account placing the horses
\ birth on James River is vouched for by
Judge Robert w. Hughes the late
Judge Of the United States court for
! the Eastern District OF Virginia. and an
eminent authority on the Virginia
!, horse. In an article written to the
4 Turf, Field and Farm at the time that
I Mr. Bruce. the founder of the American
8 stud Book, was its editor. This arti-5
!. Gle was copied into Mr.. Bruce's val-S
n ,lnble books and most of the fmpor-3
: tant horse periodicals of that day, and
{, has since stood as$the correct one.
! The writer, however. Is Inclined to-
1 believe the first account to be sth he COR
e rect one, for 1t Is certain that Mr..
: Archy Randolph lived ut Carter Hall
: Int the time Sir Archy was foaled. and
i not Mt his own place, Ben Lomond:
7 md it was most natural that he SHOULD,
2 have kept with him a valuable imported,
4 Continued on Second fage.)