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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



well, and Stockwell was Blair At hoV s sire from a great- grand-daughter of Plenipotentiary. 

 A similar case of rivals combining in their descendants is seen in Doncaster, who was 

 by Stockwell out of Marigold by Teddington, and from Doncaster comes the direct line 

 through Bend Or, Ormonde, Or/ne, and Flying Fox. The same thing occurred in the 

 case of those mighty opponents Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur; for Galopin traces from 

 them through his sire Vedette, who was by Voltigeur, and through his implying Duchess, 

 who was by the Dutchman ; and hence came the St. Simon line, which is the most 

 renowned of modern times, though it was a very near thing, for Vedette was actually 



In the possession of H.R.H. Prince Christian. 



" Skyscraper" by " Highflyer." 



offered to a well-known Limerick horse-breeder for forty sovereigns in the 'sixties at 

 Diss. Luckily Victor went to Kilmallock instead, and became one of the best hunter- 

 sires in Ireland. 



Vedettes pedigree is worth consideration from other points as well, especially if it is 

 considered as the direct progenitor of St. Simon, and so ol Florizel II. and Persimmon. 

 His dam, Mrs, Ridgivay by Birdcatcher, was of the PotSos line of Eclipse, while 

 Voltiffcur showed the King Fergus line of the same sire, and there was also the blood 

 of Dick Andrews and Blacklock in close removes. But this is not all. Vedette shows 



