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Barb, neither was he able to hold his 



own with him on the race-course. 



It Was, however, thought by our an- The patri- 

 archs of the 

 cestors that the agile and graceful form turf. 



of the Eastern horse, if combined with 

 English stock, would produce a better 

 animal than either parents. This com- 

 bination, as we all kiiow, resulted in 

 success, and was effected by guch horses 

 as the Helmsley Turk, Byerly Turk, 

 Pace's White Turk, D' Arcy's White Turk, 

 Selaby Turk, &c., and by numerous 

 Barbary stallions, especially b}' Dods- 

 worth, Carwen, Bay Barb, Greyhound, 

 the Compton Barb, and the Toulouse 

 Barb. The first cross possessed much of 

 the quality of the Eastern sire combined 

 ^vith the stamina of the coarser stock. 

 The breed of horses which the Stuarts 



