orn" I am doom'd to go,
Still 'tis my duty, and I'll not repine!
But I must perish, ere forget to know,
Thy body fed the vital spark in mine.

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_Colonel O'Kelly's famous horse Dungannon._

This celebrated racer is the sire of many famous horses; he is the son
of the famous Eclipse, was foaled in 1780, and bred by colonel O'Kelly
himself.

The exploits of this famous racer are still fresh in the memory of all
frequenters of the turf; and that his figure may survive with his fame,
a most spirited print of him is published in England, in which he is
drawn accompanied by a sheep. A story attaches to this curious
coalescence, which we think worth relating to our readers.

As a drover was passing by colonel O'Kelly's on his way with a flock of
sheep for Smithfield market, one of them became so lame and sore-footed,
that it could travel no further. The man wishing to get rid of the
impediment, took up the distressed animal, and dropped it over the pales
of a paddock belonging to Mr. O'Kelly, where the race-horse was then
grazing, and pursued his journey, intending to call for the sheep, upon
his return back to the farmer who had employed him, believing the
creature after a little rest, would quickly recover. This was the case,
and an attachment between the two rangers of the little paddock
presently took place, almost to surpass probability. It is related by
evidence indisputable, that such was the affection of DUNGANNON for the
sheep, that besides sporting with it in various ways, he would sometimes
take it in his mouth by the neck with great tenderness, and lift it
into the crib where the groom deposited his fodder, as much as to say,
though you are not able to reach it, I will help you to the banquet.
Besides this, the horse would on all occasions defend his new friend,
and suffered no one to offer him the least molestation.

Mr. O'Kelly being made acquainted with these circumstances, resolved to
make the sheep his own, bought him of the farmer, and marked the wool
with his own initials, D. O'K. and left the two friends in peaceable
possession of the paddock and its adjoining shelter.

Mr. Stubbs the painter, being acquainted with these facts when he
requested leave to paint Dungannon, also introduced the portrait of the
sheep, as a lasting memento of the unusual affection that subsisted
between two creatures, so dissimilar in appearances, and so opposite in