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fore insert my remarks here entire, adding to each strain, in a parenthesis, 

 what may occur to me as bearing upon the question. 1 



" 1. The almost pure, in-bred Waxys, exhibiting, of course, a mixture 

 with other strains, but in all cases being chiefly of Waxy blood. These 

 are Cotherstone, The Baron, Chanticleer, Chatham, Chabron, and Idle 

 Boy. This strain of blood is admirably adapted as the foundation of a 

 general breeding-stud, being likely to turn out stock which will serve him 

 as hunters or hacks, if they fail as race-horses." 



(Among these The Baron and Chanticleer had previously distinguished 

 themselves, the former as the sire of Stockwell and Rataplan ; the latter, 

 to a less extent, as having got several good second-class horses. The 

 Baron has, since that time, been in France; and Chanticleer has gone 

 down in public estimation, having only been credited with 12 foals in 

 the Calendar for 1860. Cotherstone, Chabron, Chatham, and Idle Boy 

 have done little for the turf, but they have fulfilled my expectations as 

 sires of hunters, all having obtained considerable celebrity in that depart- 

 ment. In addition to those above-mentioned, Sir Hercules and his son, 

 Gemma di Vergy, should not be forgotten, nor the further descendants 

 of the former Birdcatcher (now dead) and Daniel O'Rourke. 



" 2. The union of Waxy and Orville, as seen in Retriever, Drayton, 

 Ambrose, Robert de Gorham, The Hero, Mathematician, and Theon. 

 These will be almost equally useful as a general breeding-stock with those in- 

 cluded under No. 1 ; but I suspect will produce fewer first-class race-horses." 



(These remarks have been verified to the letter. Ambrose has certainly 

 got a Cynricus, but he is far from first-rate, and the single exception goes 

 to prove the rule. On the other hand, Drayton and Theon have been 

 celebrated as sires of hunters.) 



" 3. The Buzzard blood, not of course pure, but comparatively so, as in 

 Epirus, Bay Middleton, and the Flying Dutchman. Calculated to get 

 first-class race-horses rather than general stock." 



(I believe there is no exception to this rule.) 



" 4. The Waxy, Orville, and Buzzard united in the following celebrated 

 horses : Touchstone, Orlando, Surplice, Windfall, Longbow, The Libel, 

 Hobbie Noble, Windhcund, Assault, and Storm. Here we have the 

 very best racing-blood in existence, varying in degrees of excellence, but all 

 more or less good." 



(The horses in this list, with their descendants, continue in as high 

 favour as ever. Touchstone is, of course, almost superannuated, being 

 now in his thirtieth year, but he is still credited with 1 1 foals in the list 

 of the past year; Orlando maintains his reputation with 21 ; Surplice has 

 4; Longbow, 6; Hobbie Noble, 8; Windhound, 13; and Storm, 3. But, 

 in addition, we find Newminster (son of Touchstone) as the sire of 39 ; 

 Teddington (son of Orlando) with 33 to his name; Annandale, Flat- 

 catcher, Lord of the Isles, De Clare, and Mountain Deer (all sons of 

 Touchstone), with 7, 7, 14, 21, and 29 respectively; and, lastly, West 

 Australian (out of a Touchstone mare) has 22 foals in the list.) 



1 Although a period of thirty or forty years has elapsed since Stonehenge made these 

 selections and the horses are all dead, the present editor has thought well to let the original 

 text stand as proof of the author's keen insight and prophetic vision. He who will take the 

 trouble to trace the descendants of the " ten distinct strains of blood " will share some of the 

 editor's admiration of the author. 



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