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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



South, won ,8,450 besides two Jockey Club Plates, and stood at Lord Egremont's 

 Stud at Petworth. Lord Ossory's Dorimant by Otho (1772) and the Prince of Wales's 

 Anvil by Herod (1777) were also good horses of the time, and the latter beat PotSos 

 and Diomed. Stubb's painting at the Durdans shows Anvil as a dark bay with a high 

 crest, black legs, mane and long tail, with a star on his forehead. 



It may be interesting to draw attention here to a group of the sons of Eclipse, who 

 were all running about this time. Colonel Thornton's Jupiter was an especially fine 

 one. The picture of him by Stubbs at Elsenham Hall shows his chestnut coat changing 



By permission of H.R.H. Prince Christian. Sl7 F. Poole's " Satellite " by " Eclipse." 



to bright cream, with black mane, full bushy tail, light hoofs, and white on his off 

 hind fetlock. I reproduce the engraving done from this original. The painting of 

 Dungannon is also preserved at the Durdans, as a bright bay with black legs, and the 

 two hind fetlocks white. Soldier, Phosphorus, and Satellite were other examples of 

 the direct Eclipse blood, whose lines will be interesting to the breeder for that reason. 

 Volunteer was a chestnut son of the famous Old Tartar Mare foaled in 1 780. He beat 

 Saltram (by Oscar) who afterwards won the Derby, and of whom there is a magnificent 

 picture by Garrard at Windsor Castle, which is given in these pages by His Majesty's 

 gracious permission. 



