THE BARB. 



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hands, and they have not as much spirit, speed, or endurance, al- 

 though in external things they are perhaps superior to him." 



The GODOLPHIN ARABIAN, of which the annexed cut is a 

 representation, is said to have been imported into France from 

 Barbary, and is supposed to have been presented by the Emperor 

 of Morocco to Louis XIV. as a fine Barb; but he was thought so 

 little of in Paris that he was set to draw a cart about the streets, 

 from which ignoble occupation he was rescued by Mr. Coke, and 

 brought over to England. This gentleman gave him to a Mr. 

 Williams, who kept the St. James' Coffee-house, and by him he 

 was presented to the Earl of Godolphin for stud purposes. It 



was, however, only by chance that his value was discovered; for 

 being used as teazer to Hobgoblin, he was merely put to Roxana 

 on the refusal of that horse to cover her, the produce being Lath, 

 one of the best horses of the day. The Godolphin Arabian was 

 of a brown bay color, and is said to have been about fifteen hands 

 in height. He is supposed to have been foaled about the year > 

 1724, and died in 1753. A remarkable feature in this horse is 

 the height of his crest, and* he is also invarinbly represented with 

 round and drooping quarters. Several portraits of him are in 

 existence, but all render these points in the same manner. I am 



