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horse eminently fitted— with one exception, and that 

 was his small size — for breeding good hunters. The 

 Cure was comparatively a failure as a sire of race- 

 horses, and his descendants are not numerous, but 

 where any of them have been devoted to purposes 

 similar to hunting, that is, hurdle-racing and steeple- 

 chasing, they have shown a great capacity for jump- 

 ing, so much so that the phrase 'jumping Cures ' 

 was almost a proverb at one time. 



It is to be regretted that there are not more 

 well-bred animals descended from this horse, but it 

 is quite possible that some one of his immediate 

 descendants may possess as much merit as he did, 

 and that it may be better appreciated. 



Another horse from whom a numerous tribe have 

 descended is Sultan. Sultan was formed in a man- 

 ner likely to make him a pleasant horse, either to 

 ride on the road or hunt. 



He is principally known in this country through 

 three of his sons, Hampton, Bay Middleton, and 

 Glencoe. 



The third of these, Glencoe, whose portrait forms 

 the frontispiece of this work, was one of the most 

 perfect models of a horse for all purposes that to my 

 thinking I have ever seen. And it is a remarkable 

 corroboration of this, that his stock should have 

 excelled in two different countries in two totally 

 distinct capacities. 



In England a great number of the best race- 



