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signed to the foreigners before Wild Dayrell was 

 added to his Poodle and Pelion list of winners. 



The Godolphin Barb blood courses through Cade 

 and Matchem, down to Trumpator, " the head of the 

 negroes/' as some were wont to term him, and his 

 sons Paynator and Sorcerer. From Paynator (who 

 was only small, like his sire) sprang the sire of Bees- 

 wing, the ever-green Dr. Syntax, whose muscular 

 frame still lives, along with Phantom, in Ward's 

 wondrous horse-studies. He was the result of a cross 

 with a Beningboro' mare, and the staying propensities 

 of the family were studiously preserved through the 

 Lottery, or rather the Tramp strain in The Doctor, 

 whose tight little son Black Doctor so completely re- 

 vived the fortunes of Ashgill. Tomboy strains back 

 to Sorcerer (a great fine black horse who would run 

 any length), through Jerry and Smolensko; and 

 Melbourne claims the same relationship, through the 

 high-blowing Humphrey Clinker and Comus. 



Eclipse originally passed as a yearling into the 

 hands of little Wildman for 75 guineas, Captain 

 O ; Kelly buying half of him when he was a four-year- 

 old for 250 guineas, and the remainder soon after for 

 750 guineas. The only record we can find of his 

 latter days, when his fifty-guinea fee was considerably 

 reduced, is in a mock epistle, where he says, " Old 

 age has come upon me, and wonder not, King Fergus, 

 when I tell thee I was drawn in a carriage from 

 Epsom to Cannon's, being unable to walk even so 

 short a journey. I am glad to hear my grandson, 

 Honest Tom, performs so well in Ireland. P.S. 

 Myself, Dungannon, Volunteer, and Yertumnus are 

 here. Compliments to the Yorkshire horses." His 

 four sons Mercury, Joe Andrews, King Fergus, and 

 Pot-8-os transmit the Darley Arabian blood to us 

 in its purest form. Gohanna and Catton form two 

 of the links in the stout " catenary chain" between 

 Slane and Mercury ; Tramp stands half-way between 



