xt73bk16mh7d https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt73bk16mh7d/data/mets.xml Bruce, Sanders Dewees, 1825-1902. 1883 books b98-38-41890383 English Office of Turf, Field and Farm, : [New York] : Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Thoroughbred horse. Horses Pedigrees. Horse-breeder's guide and hand book : embracing one hundred tabulated pedigrees of the principal sires, with full performances of each and best of their get, covering the season of 1883, with a few of the distinguished dead ones / by S.D. BrucBruce. text Horse-breeder's guide and hand book : embracing one hundred tabulated pedigrees of the principal sires, with full performances of each and best of their get, covering the season of 1883, with a few of the distinguished dead ones / by S.D. BrucBruce. 1883 2002 true xt73bk16mh7d section xt73bk16mh7d
HORSE - BREEDER'S GUIDE
AND
HAND BOOK.
EMBRACING ONE HUNDRED TABULATED PEDIGREES OF THE PRIN-
CIPAL SIRES, WITH FULL PERFORMANCES OF EACH
AND BEST OF THEIR GET, COVERINNG THE
SEASON OF 1883, WITH A FEW OF TIHE
DISTINGUISHED DEAD ONES.
By S. D. BRUCE,
A.uthor of the Armericarn Stud Book.
PUBLISIfED AT
OFFICE OF TURF, FIELD AND FARM,
39 & 41 PARK Row.
1883.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883,
BY S. D. Bnucz,
Lu tbe Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
I N D E
TO THE
Stallions
Covering
in 1883,
WHOSE PEDIGREES AND PERFORMANCES, &c., ARE GIVEN IN THIS WORK,
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, PAGES 1 TO 181, [NCLUSIVE.
PA RIT SEC OND.
DEAD SIRES7 WHOSE PEDIGREES AND PERFORMANCES, &c., ARE GIVEN
IN THIS WORK, PAGES 184 TO 205, INCLUSIVE, ALPHA-
BETICALLY ARRANGED.
1ndex to Sires of Stallions descmbcd and tabuluated in tlis volume.
PAGE.
Abd-el-Kader............ . Sire of Algerine........... 5
Adventurer . .................................. Blvthwood ........, 23
Alarm..................... Ilimvar...............75
Artillerv "...... ....Kre Daly.7. 7
Australian .... . .......................... Baden Baden .11
Felloweraft........................ 47
................................... " arry O'Fallon ............ .. . 71
'...................................; ' enllrf 14
....................... Spendthrift.............147
"k................................... "Sprin.bo .149
ss " Wlf'll.l1.77
.................................... . . . .. . . . . . . . .. _d
... ... ... .. .W " ildidle......................... I ,'
...................................
Beadsman.":Saxon. ................................ Stxon ..... 143
Bel Demonio ..........,."................ "Fechbter. ............ 45
Billet ......... Elias Lawrence........... 37
ll ...... .. Volturno.. 171
Blair Athol . ................ Glen Athol. ... 53
.................. , _. " Highlander. ... 3
.....Stonehege .......................... 151
Bonnie Scotland. Branile............. 25
.'- ' ............... Luke Blackburn.109
Plenipo .............129
Boston"................Lexingtou
Broadalbane.......................L .............8......... 15
Citadel.ae .................................. " ed ........................ 855
Clnitade. ........... . . . .......... G e eg.... .. ............."Motmr...... 119
Compeigne .................................. . Mortemer. ..119
Dionmed.. .................. Sir Archy.............203
Drake, The . .................................. "uscovy ............. 121
Ditroc ........................................ Americla Eclipse ............. 185
Eclipse................................... "Alarm. 3
Enquirer ....................................." Blue Eyes ...... 19
" ....................................... Falsetto ........ ... 43
Faugh-a-Ballagh . ............. Leamington.197
Flageolet . .................................... Rayon d'Or .133
Florizel ......." .......................... Diomed ...... 193
Gilroy ............ ...... Grinstead...... . 69
Gladiateur..................................."Athlete. 9
" ................Ma................... Matador .113
Glen Athol........... " Glenmore .59
Glencoe....."........................... Vandal.... 205
lago ........................................ ' Bonnie Scotland. 189
Jack Malone .................. . ............. Bazar .13
Kentucky . ........,.".... Bertram..... 15
King Afonso . ............... Foxhall..... 49
King Alfonso . ............... Grenada.63
Kingeraft........" Royalty.... 141
x
Kingston ..................................... Sire of
King Tom ....................................
.... ... .. ... ..................
.......... .........................
............... ....................
Leamington .........................
' ................................... "
.. .. .. .. .... .... .... ... . .... .............................
.............. .. . ............. ...............
.................................................
...... ............... ......................
......................................
........... ................... ....................
.......... .............. . . .. ................
......... ............... ..............
. ................................
. .....................................
Lexington........................... .
..................................... .
M a a o i........ .... ....... ... .................
............ . . . . . ............. ...... .......
N w i ste .. . .......................... ..
Parmesan ........... ...........................
P t....4.......4 ...........4
.............. . ..............................
..............................
.acao n.......................
RoirI'n...................................
SUok .... ....................................
Tliomanby er..................................
Tniolelon .. ...................................
W armeDanc ....................................'
Platn...... .................................."
W averly......... ............................... .........
V a d l .......................... .......................................
Plne ..................... ................
v a x a l................ . ...... .............................. ....
44apat 44
Vrgsir . ia................. ........... ... ....
Itl.t......................................"
V l g ur ...... ......... ........................
44el-............................... 44
44' '4 utain....................
44ana 44......................
44 ... .. . .. . ... . .. . .. .
44xhl 44.........,
44igi 44..................
44 44
Leigo................................ ...........
44tgu....... '4
PAGE.
Blue Mantle......... , 21
Great Tom ............ .65
King Ban.......... 91
King Ernest .93
Phaeton .201
Alstides .7
Enquirer .39
Eolu .41
Hyder Ali .83
Iroquois .87
Lelaps .101
Longfellou......... , 107
Onondaga.. 125
Powhattan .131
Reform .137
Sensation .145
Stratford. 155
Duke of Magenta ........3 ......... 3
Kingfisher.... 95
Legatee.... 99
Lever. .... 103
Monarchist.... 117
Norfolk.... 123
Pat M1alloy.... 127
Tom Ochiltree.... 159
Uncas. ..... 11
Wanderer.... 173
Macearoon..... 111
Moccasin.... 113
Brigadier.... 27
Hurrah . .... 81
Woodlands ............. .. ...- 181
Straebino.... 1.553
King Alfonso.... 89
Lisbon.... 105
Ten Broeck.... 157
Hubbard ..... .................... 7 9
Wbi-pel................ 175
Dalnacardoch ................ 31
Rossifer ................ 139
Rebel................ 135
Glencoe ............... . 195
Glengarry ........................ .57
Boston ................11.... 1
Bullion ............. .. ........... 29
Glasgow .................Sl
Duke of Montroseu ..
Autralian .187
Ventilatoi .16.3
Virgil .167
Viatori. 165
Hindoo .77
Virgilia. .169
Billet .17
iv
qDzx.
INDEX
TO 1)AMS OF HORSES TABULATED.
Aerolite ..................................... Dam of
Aerolite ......................................
Alice Carneal ........ . ......... ............
Araucaria ....................................
Atlantis ......................................
Babta ........................................
Bernice ......................................
Betty Wharton ...........
Bistre ........................................
Bonny Bell...................................
Buchu.
Calcutta.
Carbine.....,. .
Carolin . .....................................
Castianira ....................................
Capitola ......................................
Coimbra .....................................
Colleen Rhue . ................................
Comtesse .... ...............................
Coral ........................................
Coral ........................................
Dora .......
Ellennire ......... ..........................
Eltham Lass ...............................
Emilia ......................................
Ernestine ...................................
Faniiv lHolton..............................
Fanny Washington.....
Farfaletta.. ..
Feeiella.
Florence.
Florizel Mare........... , , .,
Girasol .......................................
Gloriana ......................................
Gold Ring..........., ., ............"
Greta............. ....... ... .."
Heatherbell .................................
Hester .... ........................"
Hilda ......................."
H ira ........................................."
Hlynenia ....................................
Ida Dickev......
Idlewild..............,.,. . , ,."
Ivy Leaf.................. ,,,,,.,
Ivy Leaf............. . ...
Jamaica..............
Jovial . .......................................
Katona ......................................
Kelpie ..........
Lady Duke .................. ................
Lady Love ........
Ladv of the Manor.. . .
La Uenderson .....................,,,,.
Lavender ..................................
Levity....... ..
Levity ........................................
Lida..................... . .
Lotta....,,,, ...............
Madame Strauss ...............;
Magenta ................."
Maggie B. B .................."
Maiden......... . ..;.-;.;;;
Mattle Gross .................
PAGE.
Felloweraft ......... 47
Spendthrift ... ...... 147
Lexington ... ...... 19'3
Rayon d'Or ... ...... 133
King Ban .. ....... 91
Glenelg ..........i5.
Bertram......... 15
Rebel .........1 1 35
Highlander ... ...... 73
Blythewood .........23 '.
Bhle Eves ... ...... 19
Billett ........................... 17
Gliengarry .. ...... .57-
Ventilator ........ 1W3
Sir Arehv ..2...... 203
King Alfonso..... ....... . 89
Stonehenge .... ....... 1.51
Kyrle Daly ........ 97
Mortemer ..................1...... l19
Wanderer ........................ 173
Uncas........ . 161
Plenipo........ 129
111-Used ..........8fi
Kingfisher ......... . 9.
Australian .. ...... 187
King Ernest ........3 9
Ten Broeck ..1...... .57
Eolus........ 41
Falsetto........ 43
Rossifer........ 139
Hindoo .... 77
Boston .191
Saxon .14:3
Pat Malloy. 127
Bullion ..29
Glen Atholt. .53
Viator .................... ... 165.... 16
Springbok . ............... 149
Fechter . ................. 45
Himyar .........7 5
Virgil .......: .................. 167
Glasgow ......... ..............51
Wildidle . . 179)
Bazar .. 13
Bramble... ...... 25
Foxhall. . 49
Hurrah ..81
Tom Ochiltree. . 1.5
Duke of Montrose .. 35.. ..... LI
Hyder Ali. . 8.3
Lisbon. . 105
Muscovy. ... 121
Virgilian. . 169
Baden Baden . ..............:... 11
Legatee . .9. 9)
Lever......... ..... . .. 1 03
Enquirer . .............:.39
Glenmore....... 59'.9
Moccasin .........5... .. . I 5
Duke of Magenta .............. g33
Iroquois . ............. S
Powhatan . ............. 131
Grenada . ............. 175
vi INDEX.
PAGE.
Mattie Gross ......... Dam of Whisper ............. 175
Maud ...................................... Alarm.......... ... 3
May Bell."...... Strachino. 153
Mavonaise .... ................. ............ Delnjacardock ........... .. 31
Mlerry Sunshine ".. . ... Phaeton .201
Mildred ................................... Monarchist ........ 117
Millers Damsel ."............. Eclipse .185
Minnie Man,field.................. ... HHubbard . 79
Nantura ' .. ................ Longfellow . 107
Nevada ". . ........... Luke Blackburn.109
Nina ... . . .... ..".Algerine ........5
Non Pareille. .. . ... Matador .113
Novice ".......... Norfolk...........1............. 123
Pantaloox 'Mare ."......... Leamington .........19 .....7.... 1 .
Paradigm .. ... . ....... Blue Mantle.......... 21
Pussv " .. ........ Lelaps............ 101
I'tuss. ........... ..................... " Wilful ............ 17.
Qieen !Iarv - .. ......... .. Bonny Scotland ............ 189
Rose ........................................ Royalty ..... 141
Rotv of KMnt . . Athlete.9......
Saron- .Aristides .. ...........
Sa lf jv0.......... f ff. . . . 000. e. .. ........... .... 4 Aitd6.. ....
SNrtnr.,tre... . Maccaroon. .............. 111
Svtteiei' Nlare... .G rinstead .169
Sp etator Mare ............................... Diomed .... 193
SI)pi('Itl. ". ........... Elias Lawrence.37
Sprigli tli..Volturno ..171
osylen Kisses s.. ............ Reform. 137
Smn)y South. ............ Harry O'Fallon.71
Sutsan Beane .S ............ Sensation .145
Susan ane. .................. Onondaga ..12.5
Susan Beant. ............Stratford.15,5
weet Lucy . . . ............. Brigadier. .27
'rrampoliii ...................G............. Glencoe ........ 1'9.5
Tralv Mare ...... ........ Vandal. 2(5
Whiteface..".........Woodlands .. . .181
Woodcraft .......-................... Great Tom ........ 65
IN TROI)IJCTION.
TnE author in compiling the tabulated pedigrees of the sires to be found in this
work has been induced to do so in hopes of their proving useful to those engaged in
breeding for the turf, or who are engaged in fostering this most popular national
amusement. Very many of our largest breeders seem to ignore the lessons taught
in the Stud Book and Racing Calender, and we commend to all the necessity of
observing what sources and what course of breeding have produced the best results
in England, which may be most properly called the home of the thoroughbred
horse. We have given our own views as to the best mode to successfully breed the
race-horse and the best mode to select a stallion and brood mare, and the treatment of
the same both in the stud and on the farm. We do not expect that all will agree with
us, but the ideas expressed and plans suggested will do away with many of the
chances incident to breeding. There is much uncertainty, and always will be,
attending the best and most careful mode of breeding, and this opinion is strongly
exemplified in the frequent occurrence of one horse being of very high form and an
excellent race-horse, and a full brother or sister being only ordinary; yet we differ from
a great many in the opinion that breeding depends entirely upon chance. Acci-
dents and other unforeseen causes, some of them so unimportant and abstruse as to
escape our attention or come within our knowledge, may prevent the best bred and
most promising animal from arriving at its natural size and true shape, and a little
difference in conformation, symmetry, and constitution may make a decided difference
in goodness and speed. The foal may be weak aind have a delcate constitution owing
to the dam being starved and exposed to hardships while carrying it, or it may have
been improperly reared. Thiis only proves that great care and knowledge are necessary
in rearing horses for the turf, as well as judgment and attention in selecting mares and
stallions from which to t:reed. The chief points are pure blood, conformation, consti-
tution, racing lineage, and hereditary soundness. The nearer we get to true shape
with the other points combined, the more certainly we will arrive at excellence. We
otten find a large horse of good shape and racing symmetry; but where there is - ne good
large one, there are a dozen small or medium sized ones. The greater the size, whell coni-
bined with the good qualities, the greater the excellence and his powers, for a good
little horse cannot cope with a great good one. Hence size with constitution, soundness,
and symmetry constitutes the height of perfection While we advocate and commend
pure blood, we are convinced that very often pedigree is the only point at which some
breeders look, ignoring altogether shape and action; hence failures. The establishment
of reputation by a stallion depends on his having good mares, at first, for if lie has
only bad and indifferent ones, the produce will be in low form and a disappointment,
and the horse condemned as a failure. To prove this, it is only necessary to cite the
Viil INTRODUCTION.
Godolphin Arabian and Marske; the former but for the accident of covering IRoxana
and getting Lath would have died unknown, while Marske who had been standing for
half a guinea and was sold for twenty guineas, after siring Eclipse was sold for one
thousand guineas and covered at one hundred guineas. Squirt, the sire of Marske, had
been ordered shot and was saved by the intercess on of his groom; he afterwards got
Marske, Syphon, and the celebrated Squirt Mare the dam of Maiden Purity, Pump-
kin, and other fimous horses. That many good race-horses have proved failures as
stallions, and many poor race-horses successful ones no one can doubt, as instance
Lath, who was a famous racehorse but an indifferent stallion, whilst his full brother
Cade, was an indifferent race-horse but a most excellent stallion. Flying Childers
dazzled the world by the splendor of his career on the turf, yet his brother, Bartlet's
Childers proved far the better stallion. According to my notions, no horse can be a
good race-horse or a successful stallion, that does not possess great symmetry,
by which I do not mean beauty, but a show of all those points, such as conformation,
length, power and muscle justly united. Notwithstanding it is often asserted that
horses run in all shapes, it cannot be denied they run better and more frequently
where they are well and truly shaped. and of tried and approved conformation. A
horse may appear to the eye of ordinary judges very plain and ill-shaped, and
still be in high form, and to the eye of a connoisseur right in all the material
points for racing purposes; the machinery property put together is the point.
Chances and accidents are eltosely allied it all pursuits and more particularly
to breeding for the turf, and luck very frequently predominates over skill
and judgment, and whilst breeding cannot be made a certainty or re-
duced to a science it should not be left to chance. It cannot be too minutely
studied, investigated or attended to in all its branches, and the breeder who selects his
mares and stallions with care. attention and judgment as to purity of pedigree, syim-
metry of form, temper, soundness and constitution, in fact, those possessing all those
essential qualities of speed and stoutness, must be more successful than one who breeds
at haphazard and pays no regard to these established rules, at the same time crossing
and preserving the blood of his mares judiciously, and aiming to remedy the defects,
deficient properties and inferior qualities of his mares, by the superior conformation,
symmetry, adtnirable propertien, and brilliant qualities of the stallion, or vice versa;
those who do this will be more likely to produce a more symmetrical, high-typed and
successful race-horse than those who pgy no attention to these points. Speculative
experiments may suit those of large fortunes, but the thinking and judicious breeder,
aware of the great expense, constant and unremitting attention necessary for success,will
confine himself to the established practise of men whose experience, judgment, atten-
tion and success in breeding are worthy of imitation. It is a matter of opinion whether
the offspring partake most of the sire or dam. There is no doubt but that they par-
take of both, though very often more of the one than the other. Some of the mares breed
more after themselves, others more after the stallion, then again one foal will partake
more after the mare and the next plartake most after the horse. It also occasionally
happens that the foal will color and mark after the grandsire or grandam or sonic
other more distant cross, and partake of their qualities, hence the necessity of pure
blood, conformation and soundness through many generations. To appreciate what
care, attention and sound judgment have done for the thoroughbred horse, it is only
necessary for us to look at his origin; unquestionably the thoroughbred horse as he now
n4rToDUMoN.
exists in his great perfection originated from a cross of the Arabian Barb and Turkish
horse, the representative scions being the Godolphin and Darley Arabians; the former
generally conceded to be a "Barb," was the sire of Lath, Cade, Regulus, Blank, Ba-
braham, Bajazet, Old England, etc. It is said Mr. Coke brought hint from France,
and that he had actually drawn a cart in the streets of Paris. Mr. Coke gave him to
Mr. Williams, keeper of the St. James Coffee House, by whom he was presented to
Lord Godolphin, hence his name. He was teaser to Hobgoblin in the years 1730 and
1731, and on the latter refusing to cover Roxana by the Bald Galloway, she was bred
to the Arabian, anid from that cover produced Lath, the first colt ever credited to him,
which brought him into prominent notice. He was represented 15 hands high. The
Dailey Arabian was the property of Mr. Darley, of Buttercramb, near York; he was
the sire of the great Flying Childers, supposed to be the fastest horse in the world, sire
of Second, Snip Blacklegs, etc., Bartlel's Childers and Almanzor. Bartlet's Childers
never raced, but he was famous as a stallion ; he was sire of Squirt (the sire of Marske
and Syphon), and the Little Hartley Mare, the dam of Janus, Blank, Old England,
Sloueh, etc. The Curwen Bay Barb was a present to Louis XIV. of France from the
Emperor of Morocco, and was brought into England by Mr. Curwen. St. Victor Barb
was the sire of the Bald Galloway, and he was the sire of Roxana that brought the
Godolphin Arabian into notice. The Compton Barb was sire of Coquette and others.
Hutton's Bay Barb was sire of Blacklegs. The Byerly Turk was Capt. Byerly's
charger in Ireland during King William's wars in 1089. It is from this horse that the
Herod blood originated. Byerly Turk got Jigg, sire of Partner, who got Tartar, sire of
Herod, who got Higbflyer, sire of Sir Peter (Teazle). Sir Peter got Haphizard, Stam-
ford, Walton, sire of Phantom and Partisan, Williamson's Ditto and Sir Oliver.
Herod got Fortitude, Woodpecker, the sire of Buzzard, who sired Selim, the sire of
Sultan, that sired Glencoe, Bay Middleton, etc. Herod got Florizel, sire of Diomed,
who got Young Giantess and Sir Archy, sire of Timoleon, who got Boston, sire of
Lexington, Lecompt, etc. Godolphin Arabian got Cade, sire of Matchem, who got
Conductor, sire of Imperator and Trumpator. Trumpator got Sorcerer, the sire of
Comus, and Smolensko. The Darley Arabian got Bartlet's Childers, sire of
Squirt, who got Marske, sire of Eclipse, who got King Fergus, Mercury, Dun-
gannon, Meteor, Saltram and Pot-Sos. Mercury got Gohanha, King Fergus got
Benningbrough, the sire of Orville, who got Emilius, the sire of Priam and Plenipoten-
tiary, and Master Henry; Muley, the sire of Margrave, Leviathan and others; Hamble-
tonian, the sire of Whitelock, who got Blacklock, sire of BrutandorfVoltaire,etc.; Sal-
tram got Whiskey, the sire of Eleanor and Cressida, the dam of Priam; Pot-S-os got
Waxy, the sire of Web, Whisker, the sire of Economist, who got Echidna and Harkaway,
the sire of King Tom. Whalebone, the sire of Camel, who g at Touchstone, the sire
of Orlando and Newminster, the sire of The Hermit; Whalebone also got Sir Hercules,
the sire of Irish Birdcatcher, the sire of The Baron, who got Stockwell, Rataplan etc.,
and Faugh-a-Ballagh the sire of Leamington. An examination of the Stud Book and
Racing Calender will show that nearly the entire family of great race-horses both in
England and America, dates back to the sources mentioned, and that it is extreme
folly in our day to expect to improve the present magnificent race-horse by an infusion
of the blood of the modern Arabian. We commenced upon the Arab Barb and Turk
with a height not exceeding 15 hands, and have, by judicious crossing, generous diet,
discreet and careful handling built up the most magnificent specimens of the equine race,
ix
INTRODUCTION.
ranging up to 17 hands in height, with bone, muscle, length, action and all the other
grand qualities in proportion. In the early days of breeding, from necessity, very
many of the best horses were very much inbred, and even incestuously so, and the
question of inbreeding is one which commends itself strongiy to mature consideration
and examination. According to the maxim that " like produces like," we ought to
follow form, blood, speed and other good qualities, and if these good qualities can be
maintained and improved by inbreeding, then it must be desirable to a certain extent.
Some of the best English and American horses were very much inbred, and
the consanguinity of blood did not work deterioration. I am not an
advocate of incestuous breeding, either in the human race or the brute creation,
but there is no doubt that manly beauty, graceful form and Intellectual vigor
have resulted from preservation of those high qualities in the human race where
not carried too far, and we can see no reason why the inbreeding of the truest best
bred and best shaped racers can work an injury to the equine race. Still we think an
out cross of pure blood with the essential qualities of a good race-horse and then back
to tie superior blood and conformation likely to produce the best results. We will give
a few examples of inbred modern horses, in England and the same in America, and in
doing so will select those of high character which distinguished themselves on the turf,
and in the stud, for instance. The Baron, not only a good race-horse, but sire of Stock-
well and Rataplan was by Birdcatcher, by Sir Hercules, by Whalebone, by Waxy, by
Pot-8-os, by Eclipse. The Baron's dam, Echidna, by Economist, by Whisker, own
brother to Whalebone, by Waxy, by Pot-S-os, by Eclipse, Echidna's dam, Miss Pratt
by Blacklock, by Whitelock, by Hambletonian, by King Fergus, by Eclipse.
Touchstone, a flue race-horse, and one of the best stallions that ever lived, was by
Camel, by Whalebone, by Waxy, by Pot 8-os, by Eclipse, his dam, Banter by Master
Henry, by Orville, by Beningbrough, by King Fergus. by Eclipse; 2d dam, Boadicea
by Alexander, by Eclipse. The great Stockwell was much inbred on his dam's side,
Pocahontas by Glencoe, dam Marpessa, by Muley, by Orville, by Beningbrough, by
King Fergus, by Eclipse. Muley's dam, Eleanor by Whiskey, by Saltram, by Eclipse.
Pocahontas' grandam was Clare by Marmion, by Whiskey, by Saltram, by Eclipse;
Clare's dam, Harpalice by Gohanna, by Mercury, by Eclipse. Queen Mary, the dam
of Blink Bonny, Bounie Scotland, &c., was much inbred. Gladiator, her sire, was
by Partisan, by Walton, by Sir Peter, by Hightlyer, by Herod ; her dam by Plenipoten-
tiary, by Emilius, by Orville, by Beningbrough, by King Fergus, by Eclipse; her
grandam. Myrrha by Whalebone, by Waxy, by Pot-8-ov, by Eclipse; her great
grandam, Gift by Y. Gohanna, by Gohanna, by Mercury, by Eclipse, out of a daughter
of Sir Peter, by Highflyer, by Herod. Partisan was out of Parasol, by Pot-Sos, by
Eclipse. Pocahoutas' best son, Stockwell,, was by an inbred horse, and Blink Bonny,
Queen Mary's best daughter, was by a horse Melbourne inbred to Herod and Eclipse,
so if the preservation of good blood through inbreeding in these striking cases has
been a success, is it not reasonable to Luppose that the same results must follow
inbreeding to good blood and true shape with other desirable qualities in this country
Boston was inbred to Diomed, as also his best son, Lexington. Wanderer and Ulncas
are both much inbred on the dam's side, being out of a grandaughter of Glencoe, and
tracing to an own sister of the Old Hero. Glenmore, one of the best race-horses
recently on the turf, and whose performances are of the best at all distances, is very
much inbred; his dam, Lotta, is by Hunter's Glencoe, son of Imp. Glencoe and
x
the blue filly Fiatt by Imp. Hedgeford, she out of Lady Thompkins by American
Eclipse. Glenmore's grandam Sally Lewis is by Imp. Glencoe her dam Motto by Imp.
Barefoot out of Lady Thompkins by Am. Eclipse. Barefoot was by Tramp and Glen-
coe's dam by Tramp, so that he is, strictly speaking, incestuously bred; yet he was a
first class race-horse. Norfolk, a superior race-horse, is inbred to Sir Archy and Dio-
med. Falsetto is inbred to Lexington; the dam of his sire is by Lexington, and his
grandam by Lexington, and he has nine crosses of Diomed. Imp. Eclipse was much
inbred; his dam Gaze was by Bay Middleton son of Sultan and Cobweb by Phantom
SOD of Walton, Flycatcher, his grandam, was by Godolphin son of Partisan by Walton,
and his great grandam was an own sister to Cobweb by Phantom. Then if the Lex-
ington, Leamington and Glencoe blood is to be preserve