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Tiresias), in 1835 ; Petworth (by Little John), in 1835 ; 

 Physician (l)y Brntandorf), in 1842 ; Pickpocket (by 

 St. Patrick), in 1836 ; Polecat (by Bay Middleton), 

 in 1846 ; The Prime Warden (by Cadland), in 1847 ; 

 Prince Caradoc (by The Colonel), in 1847 ; Eabat-joie 

 (by Sir Hercules), in 1846 ; Eoebuck (by Venison), in 

 1847 ; Romager (by Venison), in 1847 : Eomeo (by 

 Emilius),in 1833 ; Eoyal George (by Eoyal Oak), in 1837 ; 

 Boyal Oak (by Catton), in 1833 ; The Scavenger (by 

 Slane), in 1846 ; Secundus (by Scipio), foaled in 1836 ; 

 Sir Benjamin, alias Sir Benjamin Backbite (by Whisker), 

 in 1835 ; Skirmisher (by The Colonel"), in 1837 ; Slang 

 (by Sober Eobin), in 1835 ; Spatterdash (by Sir Ben- 

 jamin), in 1842; Spectre (by Phantom), in 1834; 

 Sting (by Slane), in 1847 ; Tancred (by Selim), in 1834 ; 

 Tandem, ex-Multum in Parvo (by Eubens), in 1836 ; 

 Tetotum (by Lottery), in ] 834 ; Theodore (by Woful), 

 in 1838 ; Tipple-Cider (by Defence), in 1846 ; Tourist 

 (by Dr. Syntax), in 1836 ; Tragedian (by Sir Isaac), in 

 1847; Tyrius (by Laurel), foaled in 1836 ; Vanloo (by 

 Waterloo), in 1836 ; Windclifle (by Waverley), in 1836; 

 Worthless [hj Camel), in 1846. 



Of these names some are printed in italics, being the 

 names of very distinguished horses, such as Ibrahim, 

 winner of tlie Two Thousand ; Cadland, Dangerous, and 

 Mameluke, winners of the Derby ; Theodore, winner of 

 the St. Leger (a ' sensational ' winner, though he never 

 did anything else) ; Lottery, Mr. Wags, Eoyal Oak, and 

 Sting, greater as sires than as performers, though Lottery 

 was a ' tickler ' wlien his savage temper did not spoil 

 him and turn him simply into an ' eccentric genius ; ' and 

 above all Gladiator, perliaps the very best sire the 

 French ever liad from us, notwithstanding that Eoyal 

 Oak produced so many winners of French races and was 



