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order, the most objectionable feature being their 

 heads, which are often large, and nearly always of the 

 Roman order. Many of them are strong-Avilled and 

 rattle-headed. The most noted descendants of The 

 Moor are his daughter Beautiful Bells, his grandson 

 Stamboul, and Sable Wilkes, whose dam was a 

 daughter of The Moor. The blood of The Moor is a 

 grand, speedy, fashionable strain in a pedigree, and 

 one that is now widely appreciated. He died young, 

 leaving few foals, but had in him the elements of 

 greatness. 



Xutwood spent part of his life in California, but had 

 few good mares here. He left an excellent family on 

 the coast, considering the number and class of m.are& 

 he had. Like every family that has ever showed 

 speed enough to excite criticism, the Xutwoods at first 

 had the reputation of " stopping," and if it were true 

 it would be no discredit to the horse, for that horse 

 has not yet lived that can get uniformly good horses 

 out of inferior mares. But I have not discovered the 

 "stop" among the Xutwoods. Woodnut did not seem 

 to stop to any great extent. The fact is that the Xut- 

 woods are one of the very best trotting families we 

 have, and his daughters are highl}^ valued, and 

 properly so, as brood-mares in California. 



The famous Guy Wilkes is hardly yet old enough ta 

 speak of with confidence as a sire ; but w^e all know he 

 was a good race-horse himself, and in Lillian Wilkes, 

 Eegal Wilkes and Sable Wilkes he has got youngsters 

 that mark him as probably one of the great coming 

 sires. In the opinion of many good judges he is the 

 best of all Wilkes horses. 



