FOURTH PERIOD : VICTORIA. 



Wellingtonia (sire of Plaisanterie) ; to say nothing 

 of Scottish Chief (in 'the sere, the yellow leaf), 

 and, after him, Energy (the short-lived sire of 

 Gouverneur, Reverend, Rueil et Cie). 



We may add a perfect galaxy of ' well per- 

 formed ' mares, including such winners of the 

 Oaks as Fulwar Craven's Deception (won in 

 1839), the Duke of Richmond's Refraction 

 (won in 1845), Mr. John Scott's Songstress 

 (won in 1852), Mr. Wauchope's Catherine 

 Hayes (won in 1853) temporarily, Lord Londes- 

 borough's Summerside (won in 1859), Mr. R. 

 C. Naylor's Feu de Joie (won in 1862), and 

 Mr. W. Graham's Regalia (dam of the magnifi- 

 cent Verneuil, won in 1865) and Formosa (won 

 in 1868); such winners of the One Thousand as 

 Mr. Cookes' (Mr. Thornhill's) Tarantella (won in 

 1833, sold at fourteen years of age to M. A. 

 Lupin at the death of ' Squire ' Thornhill in 

 1844), Mr. Houldsworth's Destiny (won in 1836) 

 temporarily, Mr. Batson's Potentia (won in 1841, 

 purchased by Comte de Hedouville in 1854), 

 Mr. John Scott's Imperieuse (won the St. Leger 

 also in 1857), and such ' toffesses ' as Sir J. 

 Hawley's Green Sleeve and Morna. Vivid (with 



