FAMOUS THOROUGHBREDS. 



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skeleton was ])i'csented by Mr. J. C. Naylor in 187G. The 

 following is the pedigree of this Racehorse for four generations : — 



r Birdcatcher, [ Sir Hercules, 182G 

 -^^^•^ 1 Guiccioli, 1826 

 Echidna, f Economist, 1826 

 ^^^^ \ Miss Pratt, 1825 



STOCK WELL, 



1849 



The Baron, j 

 1842 "! 



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Pocahontas, J 

 1837 "1 



Glencoe, 



1883 



Sultan, 1816 

 Trampoline, 1825 



Marpessa, j Muley, 1810 

 ^^^^ 1 Clare, 1824 



" Stockwell '^ had a large amount of the blood of " Eclipse -" 

 in his veins^ and also a strain of that of " Herod /^ 



Another celebrated Thoroughbred stallion is " Ormonde/' who 

 was foaled in 1884, and died in 190T. Bred by the First Duke 

 of Westminster, he was winner of the Derby, the St. Leger, and 

 the Two Thousand Guineas in 1886, and was an unbeaten Horse. 

 Ormonde is generally regarded as the best racer of the 19th century. 

 The skull (N.H. 13) and part of the skeleton were presented by 

 Mr. A. B. Macdonough in 1905. The pedigree of this stallion, 

 to the fourth generation, is as follows : — 



The skull of the Thoroughbred stallion, ^^Bend-Or" (N.H. 14) 

 the sire of " Ormonde,'^ was presented by the Duke of Westminster 

 in 1903. " Bend-Or '^ was foaled in 1877 and died in 1903. 



