CHAPTER II 

 ENGLISH ARISTOCRATS 



THE pedigrees of all thoroughbred horses of English 

 stock now in the United States, or that have ever been 

 here, whether native or imported, invariably trace to 

 some of the horses named in this chapter. 



In this chapter and the next, in mentioning horses in 

 descending lines from the main stems, names are confined 

 as much as possible to offspring whose blood reached 

 Tennessee stock. 



The relevancy of the facts set forth in the second and 

 third chapters, to the main subject in hand, will be 

 apparent when the reader passes to the remaining pages. 



The English race horse was originally bred from the 

 Arabian, Barbary, and Turkish stocks and contained in 

 his veins nearly an equal admixture of the blood of each. 

 From the Arabian blood was acquired speed, from the 

 Barb strength and stride, and from the Turk length and 

 height. With stock from this cross established in Eng- 

 land's more suitable climate it was soon found that it 

 was safest to rely on it rather than upon continued orien- 

 tal importations. So the English race horse came to be 

 an established type entirely different from any of his 

 oriental progenitors. 



In laying the foundation for this new type of horse the 

 blood of many Barbs, Turks and Arabians was called into 

 service. 



