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tive drawback, and that good blood and little 

 work are the main desiderata. In fact, Brother 

 Jonathan was rather disposed to lend us a mare 

 or two, witness Maggiore (by Lecompte), Myrtle 

 (by Lexington), Prioress (by Imported Sovereign), 

 Summerside (by Lexington), and even the halt- 

 bred mares Cincinnati and Desdemona, that found 

 their way ' unbeknown ' into Mr. Savile's stud and 

 into the sacred English * Stud Book ' {vide vols, ix., 

 X., and xi.). 



To France : Gladiator (second to Bay Middle- 

 ton for the Derby, and perhaps the best sire the 

 French ever obtained from us) in 1846 ; The 

 Prime Warden (by Cadland) and Sting (by Slane) 

 in 1847 ; the unfortunate Ion (second for the July 

 Stakes, second for the Chesterfield Stakes, second 

 for the Derby, and second for the St. Leger, as if 

 he inherited a curse from his sire Cain), an excel- 

 lent stud-horse ; Nuncio, son of Plenipotentiary ; 

 The Baron, winner of the St. Leger, and sire of 

 Stockwell ; Faugh-a-ballagh, winner of the St. 

 Leger, and sire of Fille de I'Air ; the laborious 

 Lanercost ; The Nabob, the unfortunate Lord 

 Ribblesdale's ill-starred but * terribly high-bred ' 

 horse, the sire of the famous Vermout and Bois- 



