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Phosphorus, whmer of the One Thousand Guineas, 1834 ; 

 of Defiance, the dam of Defence ; and of Ruby, the 

 dam of Coronation (winner of the Derby, 1841) ; and 

 of Sir Joshua, foaled in 1812, who defeated Filho da 

 Puta in a match at Newmarket, Sir Joshua's dam was 

 own sister to Filho da Puta's sire. Sir Joshua : a chestnut 

 horse, about fifteen hands, by Rubens out of a Sir 

 Peter mare (sister to Haphazard). Filho da Puta, a 

 bay horse, also foaled in 18 12, sixteen hands or over, 

 was by Haphazard (son of Sir Peter and Miss Hervey, 

 by Eclipse) ; his dam, Mrs. Barnet, by Waxy out of 

 a Woodpecker mare. There is great similarity in 

 the breeding of these two horses, and the strains of 

 Darley Arabian blood in each of them very evenly 

 balanced. This brings us to the end of the Woodpecker 

 branch of the Herod line, great-great-grandson of the 

 Byerly Turk ; but before we leave this portion of our 

 subject I wish to allude in a few words to Merlin, a son 

 of Castrel, a chestnut horse, foaled in 1801. He was the 

 sire of Lamplighter, who, in his turn, was the sire of 

 Phosphorus, winner of the Derby in 1837, and of May 

 Day, winner of the One Thousand Guineas in 1834. 



Having made this amende to Castrel I will only say 

 that I think Sultan must be considered the chief of his 

 family, and his son, Bay Middleton, and his grandson. 

 The Flying Dutchman, the most distinguished racers. 



It was stated that King Herod, great-great-grandson 

 of the Byerly Turk, had two sons. Woodpecker and 

 Highflyer, through whom the blood of the Byerly Turk 

 has been handed down in the male line to the present 



