90 THE ARAB THE HORSE OF THE FUTURE 



that of almost all of them a similar remark could 

 be made. For example, Eclipse has among his 

 ancestors : 



Hutton's Bay Barb (two strains). 



The D'Arcy Yellow Turk (four strains). 



An old Morocco mare by an Arabian out of a 



Barb mare. 

 Hutton's Gray Barb (two strains). 

 Leede's Arabian (two strains). 

 The Lister Turk (five strains). 

 The D'Arcy White Turk (five strains). 

 The Oglethorpe Arabian. 

 The Godolphin Arabian. 

 St. Victor's Barb. 

 The Fenwick Barb (two strains). 

 The Helmsley Turk. 

 The Chesterfield Arabian. 

 Wilkinson's Turk. 



Fourteen distinct Arabs, many of them several 

 times repeated, and many of his other progenitors 

 also full of Arab blood. 



Again I ask, Is it not, therefore, utterly absurd 

 to pretend, as some people do, that the English 

 thoroughbred is a distinct English breed, with 

 just an occasional infusion of Arab blood, as it 

 were ? 



I will give another example. Take Whisky, 

 bred by the Prince of Wales in 1789, greatly dis- 

 tinguished on the turf I find in his pedigree 



