PEDIGREE OF MATCHEM. 



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St. Victor's 

 Barb. 



Dau. of 



Acaster 

 Turk. 



Dau. of 



Bverly 



Turk. 



Dau. of 



Curwen's 

 Bay Barb. 



Dau. of 



TheGodolphin — the most celebrated of all the Easternsires, 

 about whom opinions are divided as to whether he wasan 

 Arabian or a Barb, the best judges incHning to the latter 

 belief— was picked up in Paris about 1728 (where it is 

 said he had actually drawn a water-cart) by Mr. Coke of 

 Norfolk, who gave him to Mr. R. Williams, keeper of the 

 St. James's Coffee Hcuse, by whom he was presented to 

 the Earl of Godolphin, to whose stud he was attached for 

 many years. He was a brown bay with some white on 

 his off hind heel, and was about fifteen hands high. He 

 died in 1753, supposed to be twenty-nine years old. 



This Eastern sire was brought into France by M. St. Victor, 

 a gentleman well known to sportsmen, and he was sub.se- 

 quently attached to the stud of Capt. Rider, at Whittle- 

 bury Forest, No rtham ptons hire. 



Whynot by the Fenwick Barb. Whynot is to be found in 

 several of the old pedigrees, but his further breeding has 

 not been preserved. 



Royal Mare^ 



By whom this famous Eastern sire was brought over there is 

 no account. He covered very few mares, but nevertheless 

 his blood comes down to our lime through Cade, Molly 

 Long Legs, Squirrel, a nd Th waiies Duiijvlare. 



Leedes Arabian — Imported by Mr. Leedes, of N. Milford, 

 Yorks, next to Lord D'Arcy the largest lireeder of his day. 



Dau. of Spanker, whose further breeding has not been 

 preserved. 



O.srlethorpe 

 Arabian. 



Brimmer. 



Dau. of 



Was imported by Capt. Byerly, whose charger he was 

 through the whole of King William's wars, prior to being 

 put to the stud. 



Spanker ty the D'Arcy Yellow Turk— Dau. of Lord Fair- 

 fax's Morocco Barb — Old Bald Peg by an Arabian horse 

 out of a Barb Mare. 



No thing further is known of Jigg's grandam. 



Was brought into England by Mr. Curwcn, of Workington, 

 Cumberland. He coveied very few mares besides Mr. 

 Curwen's and Mr. Pelham's, and was a most valuable 

 sire. 



Spot by the Selaby lurk. Of Spot, who was bred by Mr. 

 Curwen of Workington, nothing more is known. 



Dau. of the white-legged Lowther Barb— the old Vintner 

 Mare, greatlycelebrated,butu hose breeding not preserved. 



'ihis Arabian was imported into England by Sir T. Ogi_ 

 thorpe, of Scotland, and, besides Makeless, was the sire 

 of Bald Prampton, and the famous Scotch Galloway, who 

 beat the Duke ol" Devonshire's Dimple at Newma rket. 



Nothing authentic is known of the breeding of the dam of 

 IMakele.ss, who was a distinguished performer on the turf 

 and a favourite sire, whose name is to bs found in several 

 of the best old ped'gr' es. 



The D'Arcy Yellow Turk 

 Royal Mare. 



Brimmer was bred ui York- 

 shire by the D Arcy family, 

 and his name is to befound in 

 all the best pedigrees. 



Place's Wh. Turk, brought into England by Mr. Place, stud 

 groom to Oliver Cromwell when Protector; a famous sire. 



Dau. of Dodsworth (her dam a natural Barb, though foaled 

 in England)— The Layton Barb ALire. 



