2O Making the American Thoroughbred 



notable exceptions. There were other good Arabians 

 among them being the Leedes Arabian and the Ogle- 

 thorpe Arabian, the latter so called for his owner, the 

 colonizer of Georgia. 1 But the Darley and the Godolphin 

 Arabians were the most famous, and ever since their day 

 the best English horses have been either imbued with 

 their blood or derived entirely from it. The descendants 

 of these Arabians have rendered the English courser su- 

 perior to all others, not only in the race, where, indeed, 

 he has long excelled, but as a breeding stock. These two 

 Arabians and the Byerly Turk are generally known 

 among horsemen as the three great cornerstones of the 

 English thoroughbred structure. 



BYERLY TURK AND FAMILY 



The Byerly Turk was the most famous of all the Turks. 

 He was used by Captain Byerly as a charger, in Ireland, 

 in King William's wars, 1689; his pedigree unknown. He 

 sired several noted horses, among them being Basto, 

 dam Bay Peg by Leedes' Arabian; and Jigg, "a middling 

 horse," dam by Spanker. 



DARLEY ARABIAN AND FAMILY 



The Darley Arabian was a blaze face bay, about 15 

 hands high, with both hind feet and one fore foot white. 

 He was imported into England in 1703, when four years 

 old, by a man named Darley, a member of "a Yorkshire 

 sporting family" who was a mercantile agent in the 

 Levant. 



The Darley Arabian got Flying Childers, Bartlett's 

 Childers (both bred by Leonard Childers, near Doncaster) 



1 This Arabian was the sire of the celebrated Makeless. The 

 Leedes Arabian was the grandsire of Fox and others. 



