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" 5. The Orville and Buzzard strains together, as in Pompey, Cowl, and 

 Glentilt. This is good racing hlood, but not equal to Nos. 3 and 4." 



(The three horses named above have only two foals among them in the 

 Calendar, and there can be no doubt that I was right in ranking this strain 

 as inferior to the two already alluded to.) 



" 6. The Waxy and Buzzard, as in Coronation, Pyrrhus I., Stockwell, 

 Safeguard, Newcourt, Pitsford, and Bessus. Very good, stout, and fast 

 blood, but requiring the dash of Orville to make it equal to No. 4, and, for 

 this reason, suitable for crossing with mares descended from that horse." 



(At the time when these remarks were written Pyrrhus I. was at the 

 zenith of his reputation, his daughter Virago having just proved herself 

 the best of her year. Since then, however, he has verified my prognosti- 

 cations, having been generally pronounced to be inferior to many horses of 

 the strains numbered under 3, 4, and 5, and latterly he has been estimated 

 so lightly that he has been among those sold to go abroad, at the usual 

 price for that purpose. Coronation has done nothing at the stud. Stockwell 

 and his brothei'. Rataplan, are, however, in high force, the former having 

 19 and the latter 16 foals in the list. With the single exception of 

 Newcourt, who has one foal, these two horses are the only ones of this 

 strain which are at all fashionable among breeders.) 



" 7. The Blacklocks, represented by Hetman Platoff, Tearaway, Neas- 

 ham, and Ratan. This strain has been lately quite out of favour ; but the 

 extraordinary success of Wild Dayrell, a descendant of Blacklock on both 

 sides of his pedigree, may possibly restore it to its former position." 



(A mistake was here committed in the pedigree of AVild Dayrell, who is 

 descended from Blacklock only through his dam, a great-grand-daughter of 

 that horse. Voltigeur had also been favourably mentioned at page 435, 

 and his stock, together with that of his son. Vedette, as also of his 

 brother, Barnton, and Fandango, son of the last-named horse, now rank as 

 high as any others in the opinion of breeders. Thus in the Calendar 

 Voltigeur has 30 foals ; Vedette, 26 ; Barnton, 32 ; and Fandango, 33.) 



" 8. The Tramp blood, now only to be met with at all unmixed in 

 Weatherbit, Lanercost, and Collingwood, and of doubtful utility." 



(Of late years Weathei'bit [owing to the handicap successes of Weather- 

 gage and the Epsom victory of Beadsman, who was, however, out of 

 Mendicant by Touchstone] has come into fashion, and last year had 26 

 foals to his name. With his exception, however, the blood is not fancied, 

 Van Trorap and Collingwood being the only horses descended from Tramp 

 in the male line who have had much chance allowed them, and they have 

 been almost total failures.) 



" 9. The Partisans and Filho da Putas, seen in Venison and his sons, 

 Alarm, Kingston, and Vatican; also in Sweetmeat, Colwich, and 

 Giovanni. Nothing can exceed the beauty of form resulting from these 

 combinations of the Waxy and Sir Peter blood ; and it seems to be per- 

 petuated in all the descendants, which are remarkable for blood-like 

 frames, with Arabian-looking heads, fine muzzles, full eyes, light necks, 

 and good shouldei-s, and also for wiry and lasting legs and feet. This 

 latter peculiarity is perhaps owing to their light girth, and consequent 

 want of weight for their legs to carry ; but nevertheless they are almost 

 all scout enough, and especially the Venisons." 



