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his dam was Bacchante, a brown mare, by Wilhamson's 

 Ditto (a son of Sir Peter, grandson of Herod, from 

 Arcthusa, by Dungannon, son of EcHpse). Bacchante's 

 dam was sister to Calomel, by Mercury, son of Eclipse 

 out of Folly, by Marske, great-grandson of the Darley 

 Arabian, tracing back to Herod and the Darley Arabian 

 through many sources. It has been asserted that Sultan 

 bore a strong resemblance to the Darley Arabian — it 

 will be seen he inherited much of his blood ; he has 

 been described to me by one who knew him well as 

 a splendid animal, but perhaps hardly deep enough in 

 the chest. Looking at his portrait by Herring which is 

 before me, I should say the deficiency was in appearance 

 only ; he seems to have been a very level-made horse, 

 with deep back ribs, which formation always takes off 

 from the appearance of a deep chest. This formation 

 (of deep back ribs) seems to have been general among 

 the racers of an elder period, and is characteristic of 

 Arabian blood. The modern racer is lighter in his ribs, 

 not so round, and less deep in the back ribs, which shows 

 the chest as more deep. He had a fine head, with much 

 of the Arabian character in it, small and finely-formed 

 ears, well pricked. I am not sure whether Sultan ought 

 not to be written down as the best representative of the 

 Woodpecker line, if not of the Herod, but of that opinions 

 can be formed hereafter. His career at the stud was 

 certainly most brilliant. Among others he was the sire 

 of the following horses : — Beiram, Ishmael, Jereed ; of 

 Grecnmantle, winner of the Oaks, 1829 (her dam Dul- 

 cinea, by Cervantes) ; of Augustus, winner of the Two 



