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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 

 English race-horse on any ground in the 

 world. 



At 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 "Racing Calendar" 

 the thorough-bred has, with very few 

 exceptions, alone figured at our race 

 meetings, and his pedigree has been Pedigrees of 



thorough - 



clearly kept, so that we have been enabled breds> 

 during the past eighty years to trace his 



