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horses are descended froin him through his daughter 

 Pocahontas, and in America a great number of the 

 best trotters are descended from him. And he was 

 a very good racehorse himself. 



Of the other two sons of Sultan which I have 

 mentioned, Hampton was the founder of a consider- 

 able portion of Sir Tatton Sjkes's stud, which were 

 chiefly used for hunting purposes and excelled in 

 this department, while Bay Middleton not only won 

 the Derby himself, but left two sons who also won 

 the Derby. 



Stockwell and Rataplan, and King Tom, Knight 

 of Kars, and Knight of St. Patrick, are all the sons of 

 Pocahontas, who was a daughter of Glencoe. Three 

 of these, Stockwell, Rataplan, and Knight of St. 

 Patrick, are grandsons both of Birdcatcher and 

 Glencoe. 



In trying to breed any particular form or descrip- 

 tion of animal, it must be borne in mind that you 

 cannot count with any degree of certainty on ob- 

 taining any particular shape, unless both the parents 

 possess it, and sometimes even then you may fail to 

 get it, as the foal may take after some former 

 member of the family. 



Thus if you want to be sure of a good shoulder it 

 is unwise to breed from either parent w^ith an in- 

 different one. 



If one of the parents has got curby hocks, it is 

 highly probable that the stock will have a tendency 



