THE DARLEY ARABIAN". 



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The immediate descendants of this in vaUiable horse, were the Devonshire 

 or Flying Childers ; the Bleeding or Bartlett's Childers, who was never 

 trained ; Almanzor, and others. 



The two Childers were the means through which the blood and fame of 

 their sire were widely circulated, and from them descended another Chil- 

 ders, Blaze, Snap, Sampson, Eclipse, and a host of excellent horses. 



FLYING CHILDERS. 



The Devonshire or Flying Childers, so called from the name of his 

 breeder, Mr. Childers, of Carr-House, and the sale of him to the Duke of 

 Devonshire, was the fleetest horse of his day. He was at first trained 

 as a hunter, but the superior speed and courage which he discovered 

 caused him to be soon transferred to the turf Common report affirms, 

 that he could run a mile in a minute, but there is no authentic record of 

 this. Childers ran over the round course at Newmarket (three miles six 

 furlongs and ninety-three jards) in six minutes and forty seconds; and 

 the Beacon course (four miles one furlong and one hundred and thirty- 



