392 THE HORSE. 



"Wales — George IV. — reiioM-ned both on the turf and in the 

 stud ; he was got by Saltram, dam by Herod — Matcliem — 

 Regulus, &c. His daughter Eleanor, Muley's dam, was the 

 only winner, to this day, both of the Derby and of the Oaks. 

 For the other noted horses, in Priam's pedigree, see tlie Book. 

 Young Giantess, Priam's grandam by Diomed, "ranks with the 

 best blood mares produced in England ; as exemplified by her 

 immediate progeny and those of the present day, embracing, 

 besides Priam, his rivals in fame. West Australian, Kingston, 

 Plying Dutchman, and his sire. Bay Middleton ; also Sir Tatton 

 Sykes, Alarm, Cossack, Yoltigeur, Teddington, Weathergage, 

 Andover, Stockwell, and his own brother Rataplan, Queen of 

 Trumps, Alice Hawthorn, her son Oulston, Yirago, and others 

 of renown. 



Having been asked for a " disquisition on breeding," I can 

 do no better than to quote from the author already referred 

 to. "The purer the blood the more likely it is to be trans- 

 mitted." " Whichever parent is of the purest blood will be 

 most generally represented in the offspring." "Breeding 'in- 

 and-in' is injurious," but there are exceptions, as already 

 shown ; and " in all cases there is some in-breeding," as in 

 the various descendants from the Godolj)hin Arabian, and 

 from Herod, Eclipse, Matchem, Regulus, and Snap. " It may 

 be remembered the Herod and Eclipse blood have 'hit' in 

 a great number of horses, such as Whiskey, Waxy, Bening- 

 brough," and many more named ; to which may be added Bos- 

 ton, descended from Saltram and PotSos, the renowned sons 

 of Eclipse, sires to Whiskey and Waxy. Boston was only the 

 fourth generation removed from Eclipse. "It must also be 

 known that Eclipse and Herod — united in the blood of Boston, 

 several crosses from each — are both descended from the Darley 

 Arabian, the one on the sire's side, and the other on the dam's." 

 " Priam is an example of in-breeding. This horse and Pleni- 

 potentiary were both sons of Emilius ; the latter as direct a 

 cross as is often seen, but the former in-bred to Whiskey. Both 

 were extraordinary winners, but Plenipotentiary had scarce an 

 average success as a stallion, while Priam, considering his short 

 stay" in England, "has achieved an imperishable fame." "Bay 

 Middleton was the produce of second cousins," from St. Peter. 



