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PEDIGREE OF ECLIPSE. 



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Darley Arab. 



Betty Leedes. 



Snake. 



Grey Wilkes. 



Hutton's 

 Bay Barb. 



Daughter of 



Bay Bolton 

 (B.— 1705). 



Daughter of 



Was imported by Mr. Darley, brother of Mr. Darley of Buttercramhe 

 (now called Aldby P.ark), a manor long in the possession of the 

 Darley family, between York and Malton. 



Careless by Spanker (D'Arcy Yellow Turk — Old Morocco mare, her 

 dam Old Bald Peg by an Arabian out of a Barb mare) — a. Barb 

 viarc. 



Sis. to Leedes by the Leedes .\rabian — dau. of Spanker (D'Arcy Yellow 

 Turk)— t/a7<. 0/ the Old Morocco mare — Spanker's dam. 



The Lister Turk, brought into England in the reign of James IL, was 

 piirchased by Mr. Lister, and covered in Lincolnshire. 



Dau. of Hautboy (D'Arcy White Turk — a Royal mare). There is no 

 record of Snake's grandam. 



Hautboy by the D'Arcy White Turk — a Royal mare. 

 Miss D'Arcy 's Pet mare — daughter of a Sedbury Royal marc. 

 name of Pet mare's sire not preserved. 



The 



This Eastern horse was imported about 1720 by Mr. Hutton, of Marske, 

 near Richmond, Yorks, and besides being the sire of Blacklegs, got 

 Black Chance, the best runner of his day at high weights, and many 

 other winners. 



Coneyskins by the Lister Turk was a grey horse bred in 1712 by the 



Duke of Rutland ; his further breeding not preserved. 

 The Old Clubfoot mare by Hautboy. The further breeding of this 

 _ jpare (in the stud of Mr. Crofts ) has not b een preserved. 



Grey Hautboy by Hautboy. Further breeding not preserved. 



Dau. of Makeless (Oglethorpe Arabian, his dam unknown) — dau. of 

 Brimmer (D'Arcy Yellow Turk — Royal mare)^dau. of Diamond 

 (The Helmsley Turk, his dam unknown) — full sis. to Old Merlin by 

 Bustler (son of the Helmsley Turk), of whom nothing further is 

 known. 



Fox Cub by Clumsy (Hautboy — Miss D'Arcy 's Pet mare) — Charming 

 Jenny by the Leedes A. — dau. of Spanker — the Old Morocco marc. 



Dau. of Coneyskins (Lister Turk)— Hutton's Grey Barb— Hutton's 

 Royal colt (Helmsley T. — Royal mare) — Byerly Turk — Bustler. 



Sis. to Old 

 Country W. 



Snake. 



Daughter of 

 (B.-17-). 



Old Montagu 

 ( ). 



Daughter of 

 ( ). 



The Godolphin* — the most celebrated of all the Eastern sires, about 

 whom opinions are divided as to whether he was an Arabian or 

 a Barb, the best judges inclining to the latter belief — was picked up 

 in Paris about 172S (where it is said he had actually drawn a water- 

 cart) by Mr. Coke, of Norfolk, who gave him to Mr. R. Williams, 

 by whom he was presented to Earl of Godolphin. A brown bay, 

 with some white on off hind heel ; about 15 hands. Died 1753. 



St. Victor's Barb was imported into France by M. St. Victor, from 

 whom he was purchased by Captain Rider, of Whittlebiiry Forest, 

 Northamptonshire, and attached to his stud. 



Dau. of Why Not (son of Fenwick Barb) — her dam a Royal mare. 



Snake by the Lister Turk— dau. of Hautboy (D'Arcy White Turk- 

 Royal mare). Further breeding not preserved. 



Grey Wilkes by Hautboy (D'Arcy White Turk — Royal mare) — Miss 

 D'Arcy's Pet mare — dau. of a Sedbiny Royal marc. 



The Lister Turk was brought into England by the Duke of Berwick, 



from whom he was purchased by Mr. Lister. 

 Dau. of Hautboy (D'Arcy White Turk — Royal mare). There is no 



record of Snake's grandam. 



Akaster Turk. 



Dau. of a son of Pulleyne's Arabian — dau, of Brimmer. 



A famous horse in the stud of Lord Montague, of Cowdray, Susse.x, of 

 whose breeding there is no record. 



Hautboy by the D'Arcy White Turk — his dam a Royal mare. This 

 sire was in the stud of Lord D'Arcy at Sedbury, Yorks. 



Dau. of Brimmer (D'Arcy Yellow Turk — his dam a Royal mare) — a 

 Royal »iare. Brimmer was also in the stud of Lord D'Arcy. 



* Without doubt the Godolphin was, as Mr. Osborne puts it, the most celebrated of all the Eastern 

 sires; but during the last fifty years or more the produce in tail male of the Darley Aiabian have 

 taken a most decisive lead. 



