24 Making the American Thoroughbred 



497 of his sons and daughters won 201,505, several cups 

 and 43 hogsheads of claret. Three of his get won the 

 Oaks. During the last six years of his life he stood at 



25 guineas and 10 shillings. He died at Newmarket, 

 May 12, 1780. 



FLORIZEL, foaled 1768, was by Herod, dam by Cygnet, 

 a son of the Godolphin Arabian. Cygnet's dam was 

 by Crab; by Childers. Florizel was in the cele- 

 brated class. He won 16 of 23 races run and got two 

 winners of the Doncaster St. Leger and one winner of the 

 Derby. 



WOODPECKER, by Herod, was foaled 1773 an d was 

 winner of 28 out of 35 races. His dam was by Cade. 

 Woodpecker got Buzzard (winner of 28 races), who sired 

 Selim, the sire of Sultan. Woodpecker sired one winner 

 of the Oaks. He sired, in all, 176 winners of prizes 

 worth 70,189, besides the Whip and two cups. 



HIGHFLYER, King Herod's most celebrated son, was 

 foaled in 1774, the property of Sir Charles Bunbury and 

 by him sold, when a yearling, to Lord Bolingbroke. 

 Highflyer's dam was Rachel by Blank, grandam by 

 Regulus; by Soreheels; by Makeless, out of a D'Arcy 

 Royal mare. 1 Highflyer won fourteen races, was never 

 beat, never paid forfeit; nor did he ever run after he was 

 five years old; yet his winnings and forfeits received 

 amounted to 8,920 guineas. He stood one season as high 

 as 50 guineas. He was the sire of 469 winning horses from 

 1783 to 1 80 1. Three of his get won the Derby and one 

 the Oaks. 



1 The frequent recurrence of the expression "Royal mare" in 

 pedigrees relates to one of the Barb or Arabian mares (or their prod- 

 uce) purchased for King Charles II by his Master of Horse, who was 

 sent to the Levant in 1670 to select a lot of the best stallions and 

 mares for Hampton Court stud. 



