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time ; but as King Herod, or, as we shall call him, 

 Herod, was not particularly described, before proceeding 

 to trace the Highflyer branch a slight sketch of this fine 

 horse shall be given. He was a bay horse without white, 

 saving a very small star, standing about 1 5 hands 3 inches" 

 high, of substance, length, and power, foaled in 1758, 

 with a level back and high quarter, and deep in the 

 back ribs. He ran five times for 1,000 guineas each 

 race, and won three out of the five, and won several 

 matches of 500 guineas. He usually, if not invariably, 

 ran over a course of four miles at Newmarket, Ascot, 

 and York ; stoutness and ability to carry weight were 

 his characteristics. His dam, Cypron, was by Blaze, a 

 son of Flying Childers, son of the Darley Arabian ; 

 Cypron's dam Selima, by Bethell's Arabian, from a 

 mare by Graham's Champion, who was by Harpur's 

 Arabian from a mare by the Darley Arabian. Looking 

 at his dam's pedigree, we may well believe him to have 

 been a stout, game horse ; and there are good grounds 

 for believing that the assertion made — viz., that his 

 great-great-grandson, Sultan, bore a strong resemblance 

 to the Darley Arabian — was a correct one. 



The list of Herod mares is an extensive one. His 

 daughter Bridget won the first Oaks, in 1779 ; and his 

 daughter Faith won the Oaks in 1781. In 1783 his son 

 Phoenomenon won the St. Leger, and in the same year 

 his daughter Maid of the Oaks won the Oaks. The first 

 Derby (1780) was won by Diomed, grandson of Herod. 

 Tuberose was another of his daughters. 



Unlike Woodpecker, Highflyer from Rachel, by Blank, 



