The New York herald., 1921-10-30

only record extant Of several important
bits of Amer can turf history and u
worth reproducing:
do certify that Wildair is the sire
OF my mare Angelica that won the
Four Years Old Pate at Philadelphia
in 1770 and won the Subscription at
the same place; also Of my horse
Bashaw that won the Macaroni Hun
dred at our Newmarket in 1772, though
lame; also Of my gelding Poppet that
won the Four Years Od Plate at Pow
las Hook the same year. and of Mr..
Simms's Wildair. that won four or
five plates In Maryland last year and
the year before; also Of my Slamerkin
that won the For Years o Plates
last year at our Newmarket and Phil
adelphia: and Of my mare Sultana
that won the Give-and-Take Plate at
the last place: and Of Mr.. Rutgers
horse Macaroni that won the -Four
Years Old Plate last year at Powlas
Hook. Everything Of his get that
have started have won except two.
and them out of very bad mares
JAMES DE LANcBY.
New York, January 8. 1774.
Flying Childcrs Blood.
About the time that Mr. De Lancey Inn
ported Wildair he brought over young
mare bred by Mr.. Leedes In his stud
at North Milforth. in Yorkshire. She
was by Cub out OF a mare whose sire,
Second, was brother to Leeds. one OF
the finest horses Of his time. The Cub
mare, as she was known. proved to be a
female wildair. not to say Godolphin
Arabian. When Frank Forester wrote
his 'eHorse and Horsemanship of the
United States" in 1856, he named her
as one OF the mares ITO which may be
traced all, or almost all. tho families OF
running horses now in the United
States" and in volume 1 OF "Bruces
American Stud Book" the compiler
turned aside to say In giving her pedi-
gree: "This was one OF the most valu-
able mares ever imported to this coun-
try, nearly all OF the best horses In
America tracing to her either on the
dams or sire's side
BY a process which reminds one OF
the way in which patient geologists
piece out and put together the frag-
ments Of some rare fossil of prehistoric
times until they have restored the skele-
ton of the animal as It lived, Mr.. O'Con-
nor has with Infinite labor constructed
a list Of the Cub mares foals, showing
that she produced at least four at the
Bowery Farm. and all Of them bays.
One was by Isath and the other three
py wildair, OF which the most noted
were Bashaw. foaled in 1888. and Sla-
mariin, born the next year.
The colt came out as a four-year-old
and raced two seasons with varying
success. but his sister was a nonpariei
that never suffered defeat so far as Is
known. When four years old she ran
four mile heats over the old Centre
Course in Philadelphia against the cele-
brated Slim, alias Sprightly, owned by
Gov. Eden OF Maryland. who had never
been beaten, and four others, among
the best In the United States. This
victory gave her a great reputation all
over the South as well as the North.
The De Lancey racers chiefly the
home bred offspring OF Wildair. L.ath or
Cub mare, continued to hold their own
in the best OF company until 1774. when
In response to a remarkable resolution
of the Continental Congress urging the
people to desist from every form OF
extrava gance and dissipation, Especially
horseracing, cockfighting and all kinds
of gaming" the sport was suspended.
while the men of the turf turned to the
more serious business of preparing for
approaching war with England.
De Lnnceys All Loyaitsts.
As Conservatives In politics. members
of the English Church and holders Of
the most important posts In the Colony
the De Lanceys to a man stood by the
King with n degree of courage which
ccmpels admiration century and half
after the storm, however one may differ
with their views. James De Lancey.
who had been looked upon as the power
behind the throne in the tempestuous
Tory adininistratio OF the venerable
Gov. Cadwallader Golden, sold out his
horses before hostilities had begun and.
ts king his family with him, retired to
England. The advertisement Offering
nine Of the horses for sale was pub
lished in Rivington's New York Gaze
teer OF March is, ITS. and In the same
newspaper on September z. 1775 there
was published the notice OF a public
auction on September IL at the house OF
John Fowler. who kept tavern In
Bowery lane. OF "the remaining part of
the De Lancey stud.
or the life OF tho Father OF the
| New York Turf" In England. little Is
now known. except that he lived In Bath
and died there in 1901. II has been
said that he refused to enter the war
| on the side OF the British and 40 be
| compelled to fight against his many kins-
men and friends who had taken the
other side in his native Land But for
some reason, or for no reason. except
his name and his well known syrnpa-
thies as Judge Thomas Jones has said
IN his royaiist History Of New York
During the Revolution" his name was
put in the Confiscation Act Of 1777 In
New York, and his large estate. includ-
Ing the Bowery farm, declared for
! feited. When this farm was sold out
by the Government II brought s2a4,-
! 1875, very largo sum for those days.
but . mere drop in the bucket compared