IN-BKEEDING OUT-CROSSING. 53 



Six degrees removed are the parents of 



1. Irish Birdcatcher . on both sides goes back to Eclipse. 



2. West Australian . " " Trumpator. 



3. Stockwell "I Own \ 



4. Kataplan /brothers} Waxy and Penelope. 



5. St. Albans 1 Own ) 



6. Whalebone. 



7. Macaroni .... Sir Peter. 



8. The Duke .... " Whalebone* 



9. LordLyon ... " Whalebone. 



10. Blair Athol ) Own \ 



11. * Whalebone. 



12. Favonius .... " " Whisker. 



13. Kustic ..... " Whalebone. 



14. Lambton .... " " Whiskey. 



15. Ely ...... " Sorcerer. 



16. Wenlock .... " " Whalebone. 



17. Kisber ..... " " Sultan. 



18. Lollypop .... " Whalebone. 



The stallions of high importance to the breed, left after 

 the enumeration of the foregoing six categories, that is, whose 

 parents are distant from their common ancestor more than 

 six degrees, are, on closer inspection, comparatively few in 

 number, and of those remaining many, as, for instance, Lord 

 Clifden, Teddington, See Saw, George Frederick, Albert Victor, 

 etc., cannot, in the descent of their parents, show more than 

 seven clear removes. It follows, therefore, that nearly all stal- 

 lions of eminence in England, which in this case means the 

 whole of Europe, are the results of breeding within more or 

 less distant relationship. The aim of our investigations will 

 thus be less to ascertain whether relationship in breeding be at 

 all desirable, than to define the limits within which it operates 

 advantageously. 



We shall be materially assisted in the attainment of our 

 purpose by subjecting, in their several categories, the stal- 

 lions named to an impartial critic, although I cannot disguise 

 from myself the difficulty of doing so without meeting with 

 opposition to my estimation of their relative worth. 



* To whom The Duke's dam also on both sides traces back. 



