84 HISTORY OF THE 



Bellissimo ; Mr. Strode's Belinda ; Mr. Bethell's 

 Harlequin ; Mr. Walker's Juliana ; Mr. Jake's 

 Atalanta; Mr. Williams's Shropshire Lass, &c. 



THE GODOLPHTN ARABIAN. 



This extraordinary horse was of a brown bay 

 colour, with some white on the off heel behind, 

 and supposed to have been foaled in 1 724 ; he 

 stood about 15 hands high. He was long consi- 

 dered an Arabian, although his points resembled 

 more those of the highest breed of Barbs. It is 

 now generally believed that he was imported into 

 France from Barbary, and there is reason to believe 

 was sent as a present from the Emperor of Moroc- 

 co to Louis XIV. So little was he valued in 

 France, says the author of the Sportsman's Repo- 

 sitory, that he was actually employed in the drud- 

 gery of drawing a cart in Paris. He was brought 

 into England by Mr. Coke, who gave him to Mr. 

 Roger Williams, proprietor of the St. James's 

 Coffee House. As we intend giving the perform- 

 ances of the most celebrated of his get, it would 

 be superfluous to do more here, than to remark, 

 that every superior race horse, since his time up 

 to the present day, partakes of his valuable blood. By 

 Mr. Williams he was presented to the Earl of Godol- 

 phin, in whose possession he continued as a private 

 stallion till his death. He was teazer to HobgobHn in 



