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swear by him, and when he was brought into a sale ring 

 after his racing career was over he was saluted with a shout 

 of " Here comes the pick of all England." He was bred 

 by the late Mr. John Bowes at Streatlam, in the county 

 of Durham, and was out of Mowerina by Touchstone, 

 her dam Emma by Whisker out of Gibside Fairy by 

 Hermes — a direct descendant of Eclipse. He was the first 

 horse to win the triple crown of Two Thousand, Derby, 

 and St. Leger, but he was not a great stud success, and 

 if he had not sired Solon little would be known of his 

 family now. Solon, bred in County Galway, was just a 

 fair-class racehorse, but by no means a great one. He had 

 his share of success both in this country and in Ireland, 

 but at the stud he was responsible for Barcaldine and also 

 for Arbitrator, the sire of the St. Leger winner Kilwarlin, 

 and the grandsire of Kilcock. Barcaldine was out of 

 Ballyroe by the roaring Belladrum (by Stockwell) out of 

 Bon Accord by Adventurer, and during his two seasons 

 on the turf he was never beaten. His best performance 

 is mentioned in connection with the remarks on Gosforth 

 Park Races, but I may add that Barcaldine was one of the 

 most magnificent specimens of the thoroughbred I have 

 met with. He was a very big horse, but he had substance, 

 muscle, and bone in keeping with his great frame, and for 

 such a big one he was conspicuous for quality. Speaking of 

 him as a sire, he must certainly be placed in the very highest 

 class from the paddock point of view. The first good horse 

 he got was Morion, who won the Ascot Cup in 1891, and 

 in the same year he was responsible for Mimi, winner of 

 the Oaks and many other valuable races. Mimi also 

 credited him with the One Thousand, Sir Visto won the 

 Derby and St. Leger of his year ; so that in Barcaldine 

 we have an instance of a horse (Wisdom supplies another) 

 who never contested the classic races, and yet was good 

 enough to sire classic winners. In 1891 his stock won over 

 ;^20,ooo, in 1892 ;^5,6i3, in 1893 ;^8,284, in 1894 ;^ii,ii8, 

 in 189s ;^2i,ii3, in 1896 ^^9,651, in 1897 ;^5,8oi, and in 

 1898 ;^3,56i. Unfortunately the horse has been dead 

 several years, but there are plenty of his sons to carry on 



