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more fittingly close mj history of the blood of the present Eng- 

 lish race-horse, except it be by the pedigree of its noblest son" 



" Tlie Eoyal mares ! " says he, " from one of which in the 

 maternal line the genealogy of Eclipse is traced. The pedigree 

 of his sire, Marske, is somewhat obscure ; it goes back through 

 eight generations to a daughter of Bustler, but how her dam 

 was bred there is no authority to decide. It may be conjec- 

 tured that she was descended from some of the worthies which 

 distinguished themselves on the course in the reign of James I. 

 There are several examples of a similar nature traceable in the 

 stud-book, which lead to the conclusion that during the early 

 periods of breeding for the turf, mares used for ordinary pur- 

 poses were occasionally selected in case they evinced speed and 

 stoutness, without reference to their oriental pedigrees. 



''The pedigree of Highflyer affords a similar instance to 

 that of Eclipse, and singular to relate, runs precisely into the 

 same strain of blood. On his dam's side he can be traced to a 

 royal mare, but in the paternal line his genealogy terminates in 

 a mare, which produced a filly from Bustler, Mdiich horse was a 

 son of the Helmsley Turk. 



" Although there are scarcely any horses on the turf at the 



