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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 know, resulted in 

 success, and was effected by such 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 by 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 

 with the stamina of the coarser stock. 

 The breed of horses which the Stuarts 



