52 THE HORSE 



Sovereign, 1836, by Emilias — Flour de Lis. 



Spadille, 1784, by Highflyer— Flora. 



Spark, by Honeycomb Punch — Miss Colville. 



Speculator, 1795, by Dragon— Herod mare. 



Spread Eagle, 1792, by Volunteer — Highflyer mare. 



Staflbrd, 1833, by Memnon — Sarsaparilla. , 



Star, 1786, by Highflyer — Snap mare. 



Starling, 1800, by Sir Peter Teazle— Magnet. 



Stirling, 1797, by Volunteer— Harriet. 



Stork, by Stork — Partner mare. 



Stork, 1729, by Jig— Snake mare. 



Strap, 1800, by Beuinborough— Higliflyer mare. 



Stratford, 1834, by Shakspeare— Pheasant. 



Swiss, 1821, by Whisker— Shuttle mare. 



Tarquiu, 1720, by Hampton Ct. Arab — Leeds mare. 



Telegi-aph, 1795, by Guildford— Fame. 



Tickle Toby, 1786, by Alfred— Ca;lia, by Herod. 



Tom Crib, by Gladiator — Jemima. 



Tom Jones, 1745, by Partner — True Blue mare. 



Tranby, 1826, by Blacklock — Orville mare. 



True Blue, 1797, by Walnut — King Fergus mare. 



Truffle, 1825, by Truffle— Helen. 



Trustee, 1829, by Cattou — Emma. 



Tup, 1756, by Javelin— Flavia. 



Valentine, 1823, by Magistrate— Miss Forester, 



Valparaiso, 1831, by Velocipede — Juliana. 



Vampire, 1757, by Regulus — Steady mare. 



Vanish, 1834, by Vanish — Elephant's dam. 



Victor, 1838, by Defence— Vivid. 



Voluey, 1833, by Velocipede — Voltaire's dam. 



Volunteer, by Volunteer — Whipcord mare. 



Whale, 1830, by Whalebone— Rectory. 



Whip, 1794, by Saltram — Herod mare. 



Wildair, 1753,*by Cade — Steady mare. 



William the Fourth, 1825, by Blacklock — Juniper mare. 



Wonder, 1786, by Florizel — Saccharissa. 



Wonder, 1794, by Phenomenon — Brown Fannj'. 



Wrangler, 1794, by Diomed — Fleacatcher. 



Vorkshire, 1834, by St. Nicholas — ]\Iiss Rose. 



Zinganee, 1825, by Tramp— Folly. 



Zinganee colt, 1840, by Zinganee — Miss Andrews. 



The list of imported mares is most probably still more numerous, but 

 they are not so easily ascertained, as, prior to the establishment of the 

 American Turf Register, there was no record of them, whereas most of 

 the stallions are mentioned in our English Stud-book as having been sent 

 out. Mr. Herbert, it is true, gives a long list of them, but many of tliese 

 he himself I'ejects as apocryphal ; and there are some of those accepted by 

 him as correct which I have reason to believe have never left this country. 

 So also in his list of stallions, even such a well-known English covering 

 stallion as Launcelot (brother to Touchstone) is included as having been 

 imported into America ; but still, on the whole, I believe that his list of 

 mares is not far from the truth. 



The American thoroughbred horse is said to be much stouter than 

 the modern English strains ; and without doubt Mr. Ten Broeck's Prioress 

 could stay better than most English horses, though she was not considered 

 by the Americans themselves to be quite up to the best staying form which 

 they possess. This subject, however, will be better considered after the 

 performances of the English horse are carefully examined. It must be 

 remembered that, with the exception of the horses brought over to this 



