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thoroughbred horses, and even of the trotters, trace 

 directly in some lines to the noted animals imported 

 before the close of Cromwell's reign, or to those im- 

 ported prior to 1760. The names of the most noted of 

 several importations follow : 



Place's White Turk ....... j Time of Common- 



Morocco Barb ......... I wealth, 1653, 1649- 



Helmsley Turk ......... J 1660 



Damascus Arabia ........ ] 



Three Turks from Hamburg, 1684 I Charles II, 1660-1685 

 Royal Barb or Turkish mares . . J 



,,T V James II, 1685-1688 



Straddling Turk ........ J 



Darley Arabian ......... ) _ 



n , , ( Queen Anne, 1702- 



Curwen's Barb ......... (1714. 



Carlisle's Turk ......... J 



Perhaps the most noted Arabian horse that was 

 ever imported into England was Godolphin Arabian, 

 daring the reign of King George II (1727 to 1760). 

 It is believed that every fast running or trotting 

 horse's pedigree reaches back in some lines to one or 

 more of the horses named above, or to the royal mares. 

 In some cases the pedigree runs back to more than 

 one of these noted stallions and to the royal mares 

 also. Invariably, the pedigree of the running horse 

 traces back to these noted ancestors in more lines than 

 does that of the trotting horse. The pedigree of the 

 trotting horse, if traced back far enough, usually ends, 

 on the dam's side, in a "noted road mare" of unknown 

 blood. It seems to be the consensus of opinion that 

 horses bred true to the thoroughbred line cannot be 



