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THE HORSE 



difficult to get rid of in any breed where it is introduced, 

 for cross as you may it is sure to assert itself generation 

 after generation. 



Within the last three decades two of the most famous 

 stallions have been Danegelt and his son Ganymede, and 

 their stock and descendants have enriched their owners with 

 immense sums of money. It may be of interest to 

 trace back their pedigree, showing what famous names in 

 the trotting world are blazoned on it, and how it is crowned 

 at the beginning with the famous Darley Arabian, the most 

 potent ancestor of the best race-horses, all the world over. 



Darley Arabian 



Flying Childers 



Blaze 



Old Shales 



Driver 



Fireaway (Jenkinson's) 



Fireaway (West's) 



Fireaway (Burgess's) 



Wildfire ... 



Phenomenon 



Performer 



Sir Charles 



Denmark ... 



Danegelt ... 



Ganymede 



1702 

 1715 

 1733 

 1755 

 1765 

 1780 

 1800 

 1815 

 1827 

 1835 

 1840 

 1843 

 1862 

 1879 

 1887 



Phenomenon was brought into Yorkshire by Mr. Eobert 

 Bamsdale, of Market Weighton, and it may be said that it was 

 through him the great improvement in the Yorkshire hack- 

 neys took place ; while the mares who were his consorts, 

 having a good deal of thoroughbred blood in them, produced 

 progeny with more quality than the Norfolk trotters, which 

 were apt to be rather coarse about the head. A great merit 

 in the race is its soundness of legs and feet, and for showy 

 action it cannot be surpassed. The best type should not 

 exceed 15.2, and should be well balanced and well coupled. 

 The Hackney Stud Book Society dates from a public 

 meeting held at Norwich June 30, 1883, and the good work 

 it has done since that day is amply proved every year by the 

 animals shown at its annual Show each spring at Islington. 



