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Stradbroke had Alpheus, by Sultan out of Arethusa> 

 by Quiz, at Henham. He was a chesnut horse, 

 with some white on his legs, and particularly good 

 action; in short, a nice round-made level-looking 

 animal, who got some very good and high-priced 

 horses, and clever natural jumpers, although their 

 shoulders were a shade too heavy. Some of them, 

 however, were badly whited about no great recom- 

 mendation in a purchaser's eyes, except for a hunter 

 or park hack ; but many of the best horses ever bred 

 in Suffolk were got by him, and from their good 

 action they were " good to sell." 



Lory, another son of Williamson's Ditto, was 

 bought at the sale of the late Mr. Wilson of Bilderton 

 (who owned Smolensko, and a succession of higher- 

 class sires), by a coach proprietor at Ipswich, and co- 

 vered a few years in this district. He got some very 

 good hunters, and as stout as those of his half-brother, 

 St. Hubert. Unfortunately he was stone blind, 

 having become so, we have heard, after some very 

 severe race, and many of his colts were afterwards 

 similarly affected. He finally ran leader in the old 

 Ipswich and London " Shannon" for many years, 

 and is still remembered as a little wiry horse, with a 

 straight neck. Young Whisker, by Whisker out of 

 Memina, travelled this country three or four seasons, 

 about eighteen years since ; and coming from Lord 

 Stradbroke's just after the Alpheus colts were selling 

 well, he had a great run of popularity, and actually 

 died from over-service. His colts, however, though 

 wiry and saleable, were soft and bad as hunters, proba- 

 bly from his Smolensko blood. He had been severely 

 injured in a wire fence in Lord Stradbroke's park, 

 when a yearling, which prevented his being trained, 

 and thus he came to travel the country at an early 

 age. After this, Lord Stradbroke's Sycophant, by 

 Muley, out of Clare by Marmion, came out, one 

 of the greatest peacocks that man ever saw, and the 



