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Some imputed this to the worthy baronet's 

 humanity, whilst others, more correctly we 

 believe, were of opinion that short races 

 better suited his favourite blood. The 

 Whiskeys and Sorcerers, for example, have 

 been more celebrated for speed than for 

 stoutness, although, where the produce from 

 them has been crossed with some of our 

 stout blood (for instance, Truffle and Bour- 

 bon), they have been found to run on. On 

 the whole, Sir Charles, latterly, with the 

 exception of Muley, had got into a soft sort. 

 He was also a bad keeper of his young 

 stock, and would not be beaten out of his 

 old prejudices in favour of grass and large 

 paddocks. Had some persons we could 

 name been possessed of his stud imperfect, 

 perhaps, as it might have been as far as the 

 real object of breeding horses is at stake 

 they would have won everything before 

 them at the present distances and weights. 

 His much-talked-of, and justly celebrated, 

 Smolensko died rather early in life, and his 

 stock, with a few exceptions, did not realise 

 the hopes and expectation of the sporting 

 world. 



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