The Kace Horse. 



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FLYING CHILDERS 



his flat legs, rather short from the knee downward, al- 

 though not always so deep as they should be ; and his 

 long and classic paster. The Darley Arabian was the 

 parent of our best racing stock. The descendants of 

 this valuable horse were the Flying Childers, and Bart- 

 lett's Childers, from them descended another Childers, 

 Blaze, Snap, Sampson, Eclipse, Consternation, and a 

 host of excellent horses. 



Eclipse and Consternation have justly gained a great 

 celebrity in some portions of this country. Of Con- 

 sternation, Mr. Randall says : " We believe that it is 

 by a judicious cross wdth the thorough-bred horse, 

 that the greatest improvement is to be made with a 

 class of our common mares, in breeding animals with 

 style, speed, and, above all, bottom, for the carriage, 



