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in Teddington's dam ; but a little more distantly there occurs 

 in each portion of the table the name of Prunella and her sister, 

 Peppermint, but only so far as to make them fifth cousins. Still 

 it cannot be compared to the case of West Australian, where 

 the cross is much more decided. In both, however, the sire or 

 dam was much in-bred, and this must be taken into the account 

 in all cases. 



Example 5. — One of the most thoroughly-crossed pedigrees 

 of the day is that of Kingston, and being such a good horse as 

 he was, his case must be allowed to weigh in favor of this 

 kind of breeding ; but, as I before observed, it is not so much 

 in reference to running as to breeding that this jjlan is to be 

 considered, and as yet he has not been able, for want of time, 

 to show his powers. "Where an out-cross is wanted for such 

 blood as that of Touchstone, which has already been used twice 

 in a pedigree, I conceive nothing better than this game horse, 

 who would then, according to this theory, produce the good ef- 

 fect required by a cross, without interfering with the form of 

 the Touchstone mare. On the other hand, where a second in- 

 breeding to Yenison or Partisan mares is required by those who 

 are fond of that j)eculiar blood, he is well calculated to carry 

 out that view, because the other lines are all good. 



Examj)le 6. — Yoltigeur, again, is another instance of success 

 from a decided cross. 



Example 7. — Queen of Tramps may be adduced as a won- 

 derful animal, resulting from a much-crossed pedigree. 



Example 8. — Cossack would, likewise, generally be consid- 

 ered a cross, though even in his case the relationship was that 

 of a fourth cousin ; but there is no doubt that numerous cases 

 of successful runners may be adduced where there "was no rela- 

 tionship between sire and dam nearer than a fifth or sixth 

 cousinship. 



COMPARISON OF m-BEED AND CROSSED STALLIONS. 



The following list of thirty of the most immediately suc- 

 cessful stallions of late years shows the proportion of in-bred to 

 crossed horses of this class to be equal. I have omitted such 

 as only became celebrated through their daughters as brood- 

 mares, for instance. Defence, &c. 



