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a useless progenitor of stock, because he 

 failed to produce such good horses as 

 the manufactured English racer did. His 

 occupation had gone, and at the end of 

 last century very few Asiatic horses were 

 imported, as their performance on the 

 turf never brought credit to their owners. 

 They never have been able to beat an 

 Eno^lish race-horse on anv "ground in the 

 world. 



x4Lt the end of last century and the 

 beginning of this, half-bred horses con- 

 stantly appeared on the turf ; but since 

 the foundation of the " Eacing Calendar'* 

 the thorough-bred has, with very few 

 exceptions, alone figured at our race 

 meetinofs, and his pedio^ree has been Pedigrees of 



^ ' 1 & thorough - 



clearly kept, so that we have been enabled ^^■®^^- 

 during the past eighty years to trace his 



