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Selim, on his sire's side, with that of Rubens, bi'other to Selim, 

 on that of his dam ; and thus he is not only in-bred, but the 

 produce of an in-bred sire and dam. 



Example 6. — Stockwell and Rataplan are just as remarkable, 

 being descended in the same degree from Whalebone, AVhis- 

 ker, and Web, the very same two brothers and sister as in An- 

 dover's case, with an infusion also of Selim blood, through 

 Glencoe, sire of Pocahontas. 



Example 7. — Orlando has a still stronger infusion of Selim 

 blood, his dam being a granddaughter of that horse, and great- 

 granddaughter of Castrel — brother to Selim — whilst Touchstone, 

 his sire, is a great-grandson of the last-named horse. Here, 

 then, in-breeding has been carried out to its fullest extent, Yul- 

 ture having been the pi'oduce of first cousins, and being piit 

 to a second cousin derived through the same strain ; and the 

 result has been, as is well knoAvn, the most remarkable stallion 

 of the day. 



Example 8. — An instance of the comparative value of two 

 stallions, one more in-bred than the other, may be seen in Van 

 Tromp and Flying Dutchman, both out of Barbelle. These two 

 horses are both in-bred to Buzzard ; but Flying Dutchman is 

 also descended from Selim, son of Buzzard on the side of both 

 dam and sire, Selim being great-gi-andsire of Barbelle and 

 grandsire of Bay Middletou. Now, it will not be cpiestioned 

 at present, tliat Van Tromp is comparatively a failure, and that 

 the Flying Dutchman, as far as his stock have been ti-ied, is 

 eminently successful as a stockgetter ; and such might have 

 been expected, because his dam unites the stout blood of Catton 

 and Orville with that of Selim, which last strain, taking with it 

 the above valuable qualities, hits with the same Selim blood in 

 Bay Middleton. 



Example 9. — Weathergage is another instance of success in 

 this mode of breeding, his sire and dam both taking from Mu- 

 ley and Tramp, and Miss Letty, his granddam, being by Priam, 

 grandson of Orville, sire of Muley, out of a daughter of that 

 horse — and consequently herself much in-bred. Weatherbit,- 

 the sire of Weathergage, also reunites the blood of the two sis- 

 ters, Eleanor and Cressida. 



Example 10. — I have already adduced some examples of 



