THE DARLEY ARABIAN. 



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The immediate descendants of this invaluable horse, were the Devon- 

 shire or Flying Childers ; the Breeding or Bartlett's Childers, who was 

 never trained ; Almanzor and others. 



The two Childers were the means through which the blood and fame of 

 their sire were widely circulated, and from them descended another 

 Childers, Blaze, Snap, Samson, Eclipse, and a host of excellent horses. 



FLYING CHILDERS. 



The Devonshire or Flying Childers, so called from the name of his 

 breeder, Mr. Childers, of Carr-house, and the sale of him to the Duke of 

 Devonshire, was the fleetest horse of his day. He was at first trained 

 as a hunter, but the superior speed and courage which he discovered 

 caused him to be soon transferred to the turf. Common report affirms 

 that he could run a mile in a minute, but there is no authentic record of 

 this. Childers ran over the round course at Newmarket (three miles six 

 furlongs and ninety-three yards) in six minutes and forty seconds ; and 

 the Beacon course (four miles one furlong and one hundred and thirty. 



