PURITY

—was a mare of distinguished celebrity originally, but rendered much more so, as the dam of the famous horse Rocking ham , whose performances will be found under that head. Purity was bred by Mr. Pratt ; foaled in 1774, and got by Matchem out of the old Squirt mare. She was the dam of Rocking ham , Archibald , Fitzwilliam , and a filly by Highflyer ; as well as others by Florizel , Magnet , Paymaster , and Saltram . Her dam (the old Squirt mare) produced many racers of the first cla : Virgin , Miracle , Dido , Conundrum , Ranthos , Enigma , Riddle , Mi Tims , Pumpkin , Maiden , Ra elas , Purity , and three others; having continued to breed from 1755 to 1774; during which period of nineteen years, she produced the fifteen colts and fillies here described.