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Curwen's Bay Barb was a present from Muley Ishmael, 

 King of Morocco, to Louis XIV and was purchased by 

 Mr. Curwen, together with the Thoulouse Barb, from 

 two sons of Louis. Curwen's Bay Barb was the sire of 

 many fine racers, among them being a mare that pro- 

 duced (Croft's) Partner and Soreheels and the dam of 

 Crab. Crab himself was by the Alcock Arabian and was 

 the sire of many "eminent" horses. 



The Belgrade Turk was taken from the Bashaw of 

 Belgrade, Turkey, at the siege of that place. The Prince 

 of Lorraine's minister at the Court of London sold him to 

 Sir M. Wyvills. 



The Straddling, or Lister, Turk was brought into 

 England by the Duke of Berwick after he had been at 

 the siege of Buda, in the reign of James II. He was the 

 sire of Snake, so named from a snake-bite; Squirrel 

 (own brother to the sire of the grandam of O'Kelly's 

 Eclipse) and of the noted mare that bred Squirt and 

 other famous horses. 



Other celebrated Turks that left their impress in the 

 English blood were D'Arcy's Yellow Turk, The Alcaster 

 Turk, The Helmsly Turk, The Marshall, or Selaby, Turk, 

 The Strickland Turk and The Holderness Turk. 



The D'Arcy Yellow Turk was the sire of Spanker, 

 Brimmer and the g. g. grandam of Cartouch. Place's 

 White Turk was sire of the g. grandam of Cartouch. 

 Place, the owner of the White Turk, was stud groom to 

 Oliver Cromwell. 



THREE CORNERSTONES 



Of the large number of the earliest Arabian, Barb and 

 Turkish importations the English discovered the curious 

 physical fact that very few were good foal getters. The 

 Darley Arabian and the Godolphin Arabian were two 



