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croup ; tliiglis full and muscular, ^Yithout being fleshy ; Iiocks, or 

 houghs, strong, wide, and pretty "vvell let down ; legs remark- 

 ably fine, with a full projwrtion of bone ; back sinew, or Achilles 

 tendon, large, and well detached from the canon bone ; stands 

 firm, clear, and even, moves remarkably well, with his feet in 

 line ; possesses great action and muscular power, and although 

 rather under size, the exquisite symmetry of his form indicates 

 uncommon strength and hardihood. He was bred by Mr. Le- 

 muel Long, near Halifax, in the State of Kortli Carolina, and 

 foaled on the 17th day of June, 1819. He was got by Sir 

 Archy, son of imported chestnut Diomed, his dam by Diomed,* 

 grandam by Bel-Air, g. g. dam by Pilgrim, g. g. g. dam by 

 Valiaut, g. g. g. g. dam by Janus, g. g. g. g. g. dam by Jolly 

 Hoger ; which four last named are imported horses, and are to 

 be found in the English Stud Book. 



Eclipse is a dark f sorrel horse, with a star, the near hind 

 foot w^hite, said to be fifteen hands three inches in height, but 

 in fact measures, by the standard, only fifteen hands and two 

 Indies. He possesses great power and substance, being well 

 spread and full made throughout his whole frame, his general 

 mould being much heavier than M'hat is commonly met with in 

 the thoroughbred blood-horse ; he is, however, right in the 

 cardinal points, very deei> in the girth, with a good length of 

 waist ; loin wide and strong ; shoulder by no means fine, being 

 somewhat thick and heav^y, yet strong and deep ; breast wide, 

 and apjjarently too full, and too much spread for a horse of 

 great speed ; arms long, strong, and muscular ; head by no 

 means fine ; neck somewhat defective, the junction with the head 

 having an awkward appearance, and too fleshy, and bagging too 

 much upon the underside near the throttle ; his fore legs, from 

 the knee downwards, are short and strong, with a large share 

 of bone and sinew ; upon the whole his forehand is too heavy. 

 To counterbalance this, his hind quarters are as near perfection 

 as it is possible to imagine. From the hooks, or hip bone, to 

 the extremity of the hind quarter, including the whole sweep 

 from the hip to the hough, he has not an equal ; with long and 

 full muscular thighs, let down almost to the houghs, which are 



* Son of imported Diomed. f We should not call him a dark chestnut. 



