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them ; and that to them alone is due the credit of the whole 

 development." 



Eclipse was foaled in 1764, and the above-quoted remarks 

 show that there was in his veins a considerable amount of, 

 to say the least, unknown blood ; and as Pot-8-os, Waxy, 

 Whalebone, Camel, Touchstone, Orlando, and Teddington 

 were amongst his direct descendants, it follows that what 

 Mr. Osborne designates the " unknown quantity," existed in 

 those famous horses. 



What has been said above justifies, we venture to think, 

 the statement previously made that the race horse of to-day 

 is a composite animal ; while it is not to be denied that the 

 admixture of Eastern blood materially benefited our native 

 stock. Then the time came when Eastern sires were no 

 longer used to develop the thoroughbred ; and the volumes 

 of the Stud Book now tell their own tale. 



In order to give the reader who may not care for deep re- 

 search into the Stud Book, a general idea of the families and 

 roots, we may just run quickly through some of the lines. Of 

 the Helmsley Turk, we have already made mention, and it is 

 only necessary to say here, that it is as the sire of Bustler his 

 memory has chiefly been held in veneration, as Bustler's 

 blood is of importance in the older pedigrees. Here, again, 

 Place's White Turk is entitled to honourable mention, as he 

 not only sired some good racehorses, but at the stud helped 

 breeders with some of his female descendants, while the 

 strain has been handed down to us through Matchem and 

 Woodpecker. 



As already pointed out, the three sires, the Byerly Turk, 

 the Darley Arabian, and the Godolphin Arab or Barb did not 

 found a new breed : they were merely fresh infusions. They 

 are, however, commonly spoken of as the fountain heads from 

 which our best known horses have mainly sprung, the Byerly 

 Turk through Herod, the Darley Arabian through Eclipse, 

 and the Godolphin horse through Matchem. If the male lines 

 alone be considered, the modern racehorse has more of the 



