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I HAVE SAID that there is another point to be considered in examining 

 into the claims of these three Eastern sires, and to be estimated above all 

 others. Each pedigree, it will be seen, contains the names of other 

 Eastern sires, besides a few mares of that blood ; and it has been argued 

 that we are therefore as much indebted to the St. Victor's Barb, D'Arcy's 

 Yellow Turk, Curwen's Bay Barb, the Acaster Turk, and Place's White 

 Turk, for the success of Matchem and his descendants, as to the Godolphin 

 Barb. So also in the table which has Herod's name at the head, we find 

 not only that he is descended from the Byerley Turk and Darley Arabian, 

 but that he has the names of the following Eastern horses in his pedigree, 

 viz. the White D'Arcy Turk, the Leedes Arab, the Brownlow Turk, 

 Harper's Arab, and Bethel's Arab. Again, in relation to Eclipse, he 

 numbers the Lister Turk, the Leedes Arab, Button's Grey Barb, St. 

 Victor's Barb, and D'Arcy's Yellow Turk among his ancestors ; and why 

 should they not have the credit of his success as well as the Darley 

 Arabian 1 Now, some have replied to this question by asserting that 

 though it is true that their names do thus occur, yet it is only as the 

 progenitors of the various dams, as they are not represented in the male 

 .ine. Another argument is founded upon the accumulative evidence which 

 is afforded by the three celebrated roots of our thoroughbred stock. For 

 whereas we find the names of two out of the three in each of the pedigrees 

 jiven, and as we descend, the whole of them almost invariably, yet, as is 

 alleged, we have rarely more than one of the other Eastern sires occurring 

 in any of the tables. This argument requires a little careful investigation, 

 and I will therefore analyze the three tables with reference to each of the 

 sires I have enumerated, which are 1. The St. Victor's Barb; 2. D'Arcy's 

 Yellow Turk; 3. Curwen's Bay Barb; 4. The Acaster Turk; 5. Place's 

 White Turk ; 6. The White D'Arcy Turk. 7. The Leedes Arab ; 8. The 

 Brownlow Turk ; 9. Harper's Arab; 10. Bethel's Arab; 11. The Lister 

 Turk; 12. Button's Grey Barb. 



1. The St. Victor's Bay Barb, as the sire of the Bald Galloway, is met with once in the 



pedigree of Matchem, and also once in that of Eclipse. 



2. D'Arcy's Yellow Turk occurs in Table 1, thrice as sire of Spanker ; in Table 3, twice as 



sire of Spanker and Brimmer ; and in Table 2, as sire of Brimmer. 



3. Curwen's Bay Barb. Once in Table 1, as sire of the Sister to Mixbuty, which mare also 



occurs in Table 3 twice. 



4. The Acaster Turk. Once only in Table 3. 



5. Place's White Turk appears only once as the sire of the great-great-granddam of 



Matchem. 



6. The White D'Arcy Turk, as the sire of Hautboy, occurs seven times in Table 2, and 



twice in Table 1, also as the sire of that horse. 



7. The Leedes Arab. Once in Table 1 ; twice in Table 2. 



8. The Broumloiv Turk. Once only in Table 1. 



9. Harper's Arab. Once in Table 1. 



10. Bethel's Arab. Once in Table 1. 



11. The Lister Turk. Thrice in Table 2. 



12. Button's Grey Barb. Once in Table 2. 



IN COMPARING THESE, therefore, with the three "great roots," as they 

 are called, we shall find that numerically several of them are equal, and 

 some superior to the latter ; thus : 



1. The Byerley Turk occurs once in Table 1, and twice in Table 3. 



2. The Darley Arabian is met with twice in Table I, and once in Table 2. 



3. The Godolphin Barb appears once in Table 2, and once in Table 3. 



