IN-BREEDING OUT-CROSSING. 



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Defence, Pyrrhus the First, and Cowl have made their mark 

 by producing good brood mares, and Alarm, though not having 

 sired any very prominent horses, got many useful animals. The 

 rest, viz., Touchstone, Melbourne, Voltaire, Voltigeur, Ion, Saun- 

 terer, Newminster, Velocipede, Harkaway, Kingston, Scottish 

 Chief, Flibustier, and Sterling, are above discussion. 



The sixth and last category comprises eighteen stallions, of 

 whom Kisber and Lollypop have been too recently trans- 

 ferred to the stud to allow of their merits as stallions being 

 considered. 



The reputations of The Duke (sire of Bertram, and conse- 

 quently grandsire of Robert the Devil), Lord Lyon, Favonius, 

 and Wenlock, may not be sufficiently established, yet should 

 I let three of their number pass as successful. 



Breadalbane gets handsome horses ; his stock, however, with 

 few exceptions, suffer from too great an excitability of temper 

 to bear severe training. To produce racehorses I should, there- 

 fore, not rank him amongst the sires with incontestable claims 

 to recognition. 



Ely is a dead failure at the stud ; the rest, viz., Birdcatcher, 

 West Australian, Stockwell, Rataplan, Savernake, St. Albans, 

 Macaroni, Blair Athol, and Lambton, must be accepted as of 

 undoubted excellence, a certificate of merit I should like to 

 extend to Rustic, in consideration of the manner in which he 

 has availed himself of the few chances offered him. 



By summing up the foregoing remarks in shape of a com- 

 parative table of the successful stallions in their several cate- 

 gories, we arrive at the following result : 



