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at Mr. Carver's, Goulder's Green, near Barnet, 

 in the year 1765. He was the sire of Sir C. 

 Bunbury's Orlando and many other good horses. 

 Nothing romantic is connected with those horses ; 

 they were sought for and purchased as a matter 

 of business, and doubtless in the hope they would 

 some day leave an impressive mark on British 

 racing stock. 



Another foreign horse which proved of un- 

 doubted value to the British stud, was the Godol- 

 phin Arabian. 



Different tales have been told regarding the 



history of this notable animal, particularly that 



he was found in the ignoble employment of 



a Parisian carter, so little was the value put upon 



his possession at one time. Although called an 



Arabian, more likely the horse was a barb, as his 



*' points " were chiefly of that caste. This animal 



was supposed to have been foaled in the year 



1724, and when he attained full growth he stood 



about 15 hands high. The probability is that 



Godolphin was sent from the Emperor of Morocco 



as a present to Louis XIV. He was brought to 



England by a Mr. Coke, who gave him to Roger 



Williams, of the St. James's Coffee House. The 



horse was presented by Mr. Williams to Earl 



Godolphin, who kept him in his stud till the period 



of his death. The Godolphin Arabian was the 



sire of Lath, one of the finest animals of his day. 



In Whyte's History, in addition to other valuable 



information utilised in these pages, a list of 



forty colts got by this Arabian is given ; as 



also of twenty fillies. " Every superior race-horse 



since his time up to the present day partakes of 



his valuable blood." The Godolphin Arabian 



