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accomplished it on fourteen horses ; but on one day he was compelled to ride 

 a hundred and sixty miles, on account of the tiring of his first horse. 



Mr. Hull's Quibbler, however, afforded the most extraordinary instance on 

 record, of the stoutness as well as speed of the race-horse. In December 1786 

 he ran twenty- three miles round the flat at Newmarket, hi fifty-seven minutes 

 and ten seconds. 



Eclipse was got by Marsk, a grandson of Bartlett's Childers*. He 

 was bred by the Duke of Cumberland, and sold at his death to Mr. 



* The pedigree of Eclipse affords a singular illustration of the descent of our thorough-bred 

 horses from pure Eastern blood : 



r Darley Arabian 

 f Bartlett's Childers A^ ^ { Care]eg8 {shanker{Barb Mare. 



f Lister Turk 



Dam of I Snake . . .< Daughter ! .v,, I 



. Caroline and Shock -j \ of Hautboy j Hautboy ] 



Squirt 



-Hutton's Black Legs 



f, 



Daughter 



rRegulus 

 SpiletuJ 



-Daughter of- 



Fox Cub 



Daughter of 



utton's Bay Turk. r 



fConeyskins 4 Lister Turk. 

 Daughter of < 



C Daughter of -i Hautboy. 

 ^Clumsy . .^Hautboy. 

 [.Daughter of ^Leeds Arabian. 

 f Coneyskins^Lister Turk. 

 t Daughter of -f Hutton 's Grey Barb. 



Lister Turk. 



I 



Mother Western 



f Godolphin Arabian 

 < f Bald Galloway f 



tDaBghtero f Snake-! 



(.Daughter o 



tOld Wilkes, by Hautboy, 

 f Smith's Son of Snake 



COld Montague i Daughter of Hautboy. 



The pedigree of Eclipse will likewise afford Cumberland's stud for a mere trifle, and was 



another curious illustration of the uncer- suffered to run almost wild on the New 



tainty which attends thorough-bred horses. Forest. He was afterwards purchased for one 



Marsk was sold at the sale of the Duke of thousand guineas, and before his death covered 



