American turf register and sporting magazine . was got byPostmaster, out of a Syphon mare,his 2d dam by Matchem, his 3d damby Snip, his 4th dam (Lady Thigh)by Regulus, his 5th dam by Partner,his 6th dam by Bloody Buttocks, his7th dam by Greyhound, his 8th damby Makeless, his 9th dam by Brim-mer, his 10th dam by Places WhiteSnipe, his 11th dam by Dodsworth,his 12th dam was the LeightonBarb mare. Express ran second toBaronet, for the great Oatland stakesof 1791; forty-one subscribers, 100 , nineteen starting. F. Janus, (property of the Hon JohnRandolph, of Roanoke,) a ch. h. foal-ed in 18
American turf register and sporting magazine . was got byPostmaster, out of a Syphon mare,his 2d dam by Matchem, his 3d damby Snip, his 4th dam (Lady Thigh)by Regulus, his 5th dam by Partner,his 6th dam by Bloody Buttocks, his7th dam by Greyhound, his 8th damby Makeless, his 9th dam by Brim-mer, his 10th dam by Places WhiteSnipe, his 11th dam by Dodsworth,his 12th dam was the LeightonBarb mare. Express ran second toBaronet, for the great Oatland stakesof 1791; forty-one subscribers, 100 , nineteen starting. F. Janus, (property of the Hon JohnRandolph, of Roanoke,) a ch. h. foal-ed in 1821. He was got by Sir Ar-chy, his dam Phrenzy by Sans Cu-lottes; which horse was got by OldCeler, out of a Medley and Fear-nought mare, and was one of thefinest horses and best foal getters inthis country—his grandam Minikinwas also got by a son of Old Celers,called President, whose dam was byMark Anthony; his great grandamby Tristram Shandy, son of MortonsTraveller; her dam by Old Janus, outof a mare imported by Mr. Booth ofGloucester. k^. S I -^ -5, AMERICAN TURF REGISTER AND Vol. II.] OCTOBER, 1830. [No. 2. Leading Facts in the History of the Celebrated EnglishRunning Horses and Stallions—Matchem, King Herod, andHighflyer. For Highflyers pedigree, performances, and progeny, see Ameri-can Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, vol. 1, p. 317. He was foaledin 1774; he was by King Herod, out of Rachel, by Blank, grandamby Regulus. Ran and won at 3, carrying 112 lbs. He was neverbeaten, and never paid forfeit; never ran after he was 5; yet his win-ning and forfeits amounted to 8920 guineas, ($41,656.) In 1780, at sixyears old, he covered at 15 guineas, in 1788 at 25 guineas, in 1790and 1791 at 30 guineas, in 1792 at 50 guineas, ($233,) and in 1793at 30 guineas. He died on the 18th of October of that year, agednineteen. MATCHEM. This first-rate racer and successful stallion, a bay horse, (brother toChangeling,) foaled 1748, the property of Wm. Fenwick, Esq. of By-well, Northumb
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