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called by his friends, and, perhaps, there never 

 was a mare of the breed which had so deservedly 

 high a reputation as Peart's Darling. 



This mare was bred by Mr. Peart himself, and 

 was by Master George, out of Jolly by Admiral, 

 grandam by Barnaby, a son of the Hob Hill 

 Horse. Jolly was a useful mare enough, some- 

 what dark in colour and a fine goer. She bred 

 Mr. Peart fourteen foals, many of them to 

 thoroughbred horses, and only produced one 

 stallion. This was a pure-bred Cleveland, by 

 Illustrious Stranger, and was sold, when a yearling, 

 to Mr. Shaw, of Acomb, near York, who had a 

 government contract to supply India with 

 stallions. Her dausfhters, Damsel and Darlino-, 

 own sisters, were good alike in the show ring and 

 at the stud. Mr. Wm. Robinson, of Hutton 

 Kudby, bought Damsel and won several prizes 

 with her, and she also bred him many horses by 

 thoroughbred sires which he sold for big prices. 

 The most celebrated of her offspring was Sun- 

 flower, by Wonderful Lad, a Cleveland mare 

 which was bought by Mr. Robinson Watson, of 

 Stockton-on-Tees, and which won for him a great 

 number of valuable prizes, including a first at 

 the Yorkshire, and a second at the Royal at Hull. 



Darling, however, has a better record than her 

 sister both in a show yard and as a brood mare. 

 She was not shown as a foal, but was second in a 

 good class at the Cleveland show, the only time 



