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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



out of Madame Sarfii. For the same stud were bought W. Chifney's Antoninus, 

 Sir Mark Wood's Brother to Margrave by Muley, Lord Foley's Goliath by Woful, 

 His Majesty's Hadji B aba (1821) by Election, the Duke of Rutland's Adeliza by 

 Soothsayer, Lord Scarborough's Z,rtY/y Georgiana by Cation, a Merlin mare from 

 Mr. Thornhill, Mr. Crockford's J/k? ZV//0, Mr. Goodison's Moonshine by Soothsayer, 

 Myra from the Hampton Court Stud, Sir H. Vane-Tempest's Rachel, by Magistrate, 

 Lord Egremont's Spree, by Frolic, and Lord Verulam's Vitellina, by Comns. 



Among other German importations from English studs were Brutandorf by 

 Blacklock (Chester Cup, 1826) ; and Count Batthyany soon transferred his operations 



entirely to the English 

 Turf, where he raced 

 for over fifty years, 

 and died at New- 

 market on the Two 

 Thousand Day 



in 



The Duke of Schluswig-Holsteiris " Wilna. K 



1883, after having 

 realised his ambition 

 by winning the Derby 

 with Galopin, one of 

 the best horses of the 

 century. The French 

 carefully chose their 

 share as well, with 

 such good animals as 

 Holbein by Rubens, and 



Rainbow by Walton. In the same period Abjer, Barefoot (by Tramp] and Valentine 

 went to America ; Nectar, Interpreter, Bourbon and Pericles went to the Russians, 

 who were fond of Sorcerer blood, and later on secured their Derby winners in 

 Coronation, Andover, and Galtee More, besides another good stallion in Colorado. 

 Germany and Austria have taken, in later years, Buccaneer, Daniel O'Rourke, Kettle- 

 drum, Doncaster, St. Gatien, Kendal, Bona Vista, Satiety, Piety, Milford, and many 

 others. The French Government have taken especially heavy toll, as may be seen 

 from a list of their purchases containing Pyrrlnis the First, Atlila, Cossack, West Austra- 

 lian, The Flying Dutchman, Ellington, The Emperor, Collingwood, The Baron, Fangh-a- 

 Ballagh, Weathergage, Buckthorn, Malton, The Nabob. When we add to these such 



