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Turk, and the Godolphin Arabian. From these tables 

 it appears that the Darley Arabian is represented, at 

 present, by two hundred and five stallions of repute ; 

 the Byerly Turk, by seventy-six ; and the Godolphin 

 Arabian by twenty-four. Does this not plainly prove 

 that the blood of the Darley Arabian is much more to 

 be prized than that of the Byerly Turk, and the Byerly 

 Turk than that of the Godolphin Arabian ? It should 

 surely lead us to place some confidence in pedigree. 

 Moreover, the same table shows that the lion's share 

 has fallen to the descendants of Waxy through his son 

 Whalebone. Indeed, it might safely be said, that 

 every good thoroughbred horse now in the world con- 

 tains Waxy blood either by his sire or dam. 



Whilst good blood is indispensable, it is not every- 

 thing. " In breeding for the turf," says " Red Rover," 

 in vol. iv. of the Sporting Magazine, " above all things 

 it is necessary, in order to secure success, to consider 

 closely the old crosses of blood; and to cross judi- 

 ciously the stout with the speedy. Not that I think that, 

 for the sake of blood, the form of an animal selected 

 for stud-purposes should be held a second-rate consi- 

 deration ; but, each being well considered, the standard 

 of excellence may better be attained. The fault of 

 looking to blood alone is among many of our breeders 

 the cause of such ill-success ; as they look too much to 

 the horse throwing back in blood, as the term is, and 



