RACING AT THE DAWN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 



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Among the fiercest opponents of the Eclipse stock were, of course, the offspring of 

 Highflyer, and I reproduce a portrait of his bay son Skyscraper, out of Everlasting 

 by Eclipse, as an interesting example of the blend of the bloods, bred by the Duke of 

 Bedford in 1786, and winner of the Derby in 1789. There is a good painting of him 

 by Sartorius at the Durdans, and a capital picture of Vestris (1780), by the same 

 artist, hangs at Cumberland Lodge. Another example of the son of an Eclipse mare 

 is John Bull (by Fortitude], who won the Derby for Lord Grosvenor in 1789. 

 Sartorius has also left a fine painting (also in Lord Rosebery's collection) of the Duke 



By permission of H.R.H. Prince Christian. 



" Vestris" (1780). 



of Bedford's Grey Diomed who beat the Prince of Wales's Traveller, 8st. 7lbs., B.C., 

 500 guineas, at the Second Spring Meeting of 1790. But a capital instance of the 

 rivalry between the Tattersall and the O' Kelly factions is the match depicted by 

 Sartorius in the same collection between the same Traveller (by Highflyer) and Lord 

 Grosvenor's Meteor by Eclipse, who was beaten on almost exactly the same terms at 

 about the same date, so His Royal Highness saved his money. A good example of 

 the son of a Matchem mare is Mr. Wilson's Creeper by Tandem, who combined the 

 blood of the Godolphin Arabian and the Belgrade Turk. He was foaled in 1786 and 



