202 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



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LADAS 



ji perfect English thoroughbred. With this racer Lord Rosebery 'won the Derby 



in 1894. 



thirst; and is fleet, with a high 

 and graceful action. The barb takes 

 its name from its native land 

 Barbary. It is a larger breed than 

 the Arab. 



LEVANT AND PERSIAN HORSES 



These are very closely allied to 

 the Arab, but generally of larger 

 size ; and in Southern Persia, at least, 

 less delicately framed. The Turko- 

 man horses are related to those of 

 Northern Persia. 



THE ENGLISH RACE-HORSE 



This animal is the product of 

 very careful selection and gradual 

 improvement of an original native 

 breed, extending over several cen- 

 turies. Long since, so long ago as 

 the reign of James I., it had reached 

 a high degree of excellence. 



Upon this native stock there has 



been built up, by the infusion of Arab blood, the swiftest horse which the world has ever 



known the BRITISH THOROUGHBRED. " Of this breed, it may be stated," says Mr. Allison, 



" that every such animal in the stud-book of the present day, in this country or any other, 



descends . . . from one of three original Eastern sires the Barley Arabian, the Byerley 



Turk, or the Godolphin Arabian." This is an extremely interesting fact, and constitutes 



a lasting monument to the enterprise and ^acumen of the British horse-breeder. 

 The Byerley Turk hailed from 



the Levant, and was introduced by 



Captain Byerley about 1689. From 



the Byerley Turk came Herod, the 



most celebrated of his descendants, 



who has given rise to the Herod line, 



which to-day is but feebly represented. 

 The Godolphin Arabian, or the 



Godolphin Barb, was born about 1724. 



From his grandson Matchem is 



derived the Matchem line, which is 



also to-day bordering on extinction. 

 The Darley Arabian carries us 



back to the reign of Queen Anne. 



Flying Childers and Bartlett's Childers 



are directly descended from him ; and 



from the latter is descended Eclipse, 



the fastest horse which the turf has 



ever known. It is interesting to note 



that the descendants in the Eclipse 



line enormously outnumber those of 



the other two lines which we have con- FLORIZEL II 



sidered. Of his descendants, one of the One of King Ed-ward* t rating-stud 



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