152 THE HORSE. 
Hobbie Noble, Windhound, Assault, and Storm. Here we have the very 
best racing-blood in existence, varying in degrees of excellence, but all 
more or less good.” 
(The horses in this list, with their descendants, continue in as high 
favour as ever. Touchstone is, of course, almost superannuated, being 
now in his thirtieth year, but he is still credited with 11 foals in the list 
of the past year; Orlando maintains his reputation with 21; Surplice has 
4; Longbow, 6; Hobbie Noble, 8; Windhound, 13; and Storm, 3. But, 
in addition, we find Newminster (son of Touchstone) as the sire of 39; 
Teddington (son of Orlando) with 33 to his name; Annandale, Flatcatcher, 
Lord of the Isles, De Clare, and Mountain Deer (all sons of Touchstone), 
with 7, 7, 14, 21, and 29 respectively; and, lastly, West Australian (out 
of a Touchstone mare) has 22 foals in the list.) 
“5. The Orville and Buzzard strains together, as in Pompey, Cowl, and 
Glentilt. This is good racing-blood, 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 esti- 
mated 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 brother, Rataplan, are, however, in high force, the 
former having nineteen and the latter sixteen 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, Neasham, 
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 Wild 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 Weatherbit (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, ..owever, the blood is not fancied, 
Van Tromp 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.) 
