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bian (a Barb), the Leeds Arabian, Honeywood's 

 White Arabian, Combe's Grey Arabian, Bell's 

 Grey Arabian, D'Arcy's Turk, Selaby Turk, the 

 Ancaster Turk, Compton's Barb, the Toulouse 

 Barb, Stanyan's Arabian, Lowther Barb, Taf- 

 folet Barb, Button's Grey Barb, Honeywood's 

 Arab, Sedley Barb, and Wellesley's Arabian. 

 Of those above mentioned Lister's Turk got 

 Brisk and Snake, Barley Arabian got Flying 

 Childers, Carlisle's Turk got the Bald Galloway, 

 and Godolphin Arabian got Blank, Regulus and 

 Cade. The "royal mares " were imported Barbs. 

 Of these Oriental sires it is generally admit- 

 ted that the Godolphin Arabian imported 172 

 years ago is the last that has proven of any 

 benefit to the English stock; and while this 

 blending of the blood of the Orient with the 

 old races of England furnished the foundation, 

 there cannot be the slightest doubt that the 

 care and skill of English breeders in selecting 

 and coupling with the stoutest, best and fleet- 

 est for successive generations has been a more 

 potent factor in the formation of the breed, as 

 it now exists, than the Arabian and Barb blood, 

 to which history and tradition has ascribed its 

 superiority. Many importations of the choicest 

 blood of the Orient have been made both to this 

 country and England within the last half cen- 

 tury, and yet scarcely a name among them can 

 be found in the pedigree of a horse that has 



