22 THE HORSE FAMILY. 



Specimens of Limitations of space, apart from all other con- 

 Arabs and siderations_, prevent the exhibition of complete 



Thorouyhbreds. specimens of the larger breeds of Horses ; and 

 the exhibited series is therefore, in the main, limited to heads, 

 skulls, limb-bones, and minature models, supplemented by pictures. 

 Arabs are, at present, represented by a statuette of " Zenghis 

 Khan ^^ (N.H. 1 24) :, modelled in Hungary, and two skulls of 

 mares. One of the skulls (N.H. 20, fig. ]8) is the gift of Mr. W. 

 Scawen Blunt, the well-known breeder of Arabs, while the other 

 '* Jerboa'' (N.H. 9) was presented by Mr. H. T. Sills of Cape 

 Colony. Both are mares and show the characteristic curved facial 

 contour already referred to, which reappears in some Thorough- 

 breds, as in the skull of ^' Royal Hampton" (N.H. 11), shown 

 alongside that of Jerboa, and also in that of " Corrie Roy'* 

 (N.H. 10). '' Royal Hampton," it may be added, was a descendant 

 of " King Tom " (see pedigree) . A photograph of the '' Barley 

 Arabian," taken from the original picture at Aldby Park, York, and 

 presented by Miss F. M. Darley, has been here reproduced 

 (fig. 15) as a good illustration of the Arab type ; this particular 

 Horse having taken a considerable share in the production of the 

 modern Thoroughbred. 



From the " Darley Arabian " was descended the famous 

 Thoroughbred Stallion *^ Eclipse," of whose skull and skeleton 

 photographs (N.H. 128) are exhibited on the back of the case 

 containing the skeletons of the Man and the Horse. The skeleton 

 of ^' Eclipse " is preserved at the Royal College of Veterinary 

 Surgeons in Red Lion Square, Holborn. *^' Eclipse" was bred by 

 the Duke of Cumberland in 1764 (the year of the great eclipse 

 of the sun), and died in 1789. He was a chestnut, with a white 

 blaze on the face and one white foot. He was never beaten, and 

 during his two years turf-career was the winner of eighteen races. 

 '^ Eclipse " was sired by *' Marske," a great grandson of the 

 " Darley Arabian." 



Of Thoroughbreds represented in the collection by skulls, or 

 skulls and skeletons, by far the most celebrated is the stallion 

 " Stockwell," who was foaled in 1819, and died in 1876. He 

 was winner of the St. Leger in 1852. The skull (N.H. 15 ) and 



