IN-BREEDING. 3»3 



^'Stockwell and Rataplan are descended in the same degree 

 from Whalebone," &c. Their dam was by Glencoe, of the 

 same year with Touchstone and Plenipo. — and of almost equal 

 renown on the turf. Flying Dutchman is somewhat in-bred, 

 and " as far as his stock has been tried, is eminently suc- 

 cessful as a stock-getter," uniting " the stout blood of Catton 

 and Orville with that of Selim." " The pedigree of the dam 

 of Sir Tatton Sykes should be carefully analyzed, as exliibiting 

 a curious re-union of strains ; Muley is in-bred to TThiskey, 

 he is then crossed with an Election mare, producing Margrave ; 

 the dam of Muley being Eleanor, a daughter of Young Gi- 

 antess by Diomed." From Margrave, " Patty Primrose, con- 

 taining in her pedigree two infusions of Young Giantess from 

 Sorcerer," was produced the dam of Sir Tatton Sykes, with 

 another infusion of the same blood from his sire Melbourne. 

 " The most extraordinary three-year-old performance, is that 

 of Sir Tatton Sykes over the St. Leger Course, in 3.16, at a rate 

 of 13^ seconds per furlong." 



Margrave and Trustee, stallions yet among us, were of the 

 same year, and beat each other in the Derby and the St. Leger 

 Stakes. Margrave and Leviathan are sons of Muley ; conse- 

 quently cousins to Priam. Wherefore it is probable there has 

 been considerable in-breeding of late among us. Priam and 

 Sovereign, too, were by the same sire, Emilius. The dam of 

 the latter is also descended from Young Giantess. These, with 

 Glencoe, have latterly been our best stallions, with the single 

 exception of Boston. 



The dam of West Australian — reputed to have run the best 

 race in England — was own sister to Cotherstone, whose dam 

 was also the dam of Trustee. Our stock may now need a good 

 foreign cross, such as Kingston. Don John, however, may do 

 good service. 



" Out-crossing. By crossing the hlood^ we understand the 

 selection of a sire composed of wholly different blood from that 

 of the dam, or as different as can be obtained. The sam.e strain 

 beyond two stages deteriorates the constitutional health, dimin- 

 ishes the bone, and lowers the height. The great difficulty is 

 to obtain a cross " without destroying the harmony of propor- 

 tions," &c. As examples of judicious out-crossing, Harkaway 



