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Olympia, the dam of Elis and Epirus. Haphazard, 

 Walton, and Sir Paul have brought down the Sir Peter 

 blood in male descent, and these we shall consider in 

 succession. Haphazard's dam was Miss Hervey, by 

 Eclipse, and he was the sire of Filho da Puta, foaled in 

 1 81 2. The latter won the St. Leger in 181 5 ; but he 

 was beaten by Sir Joshua, by Rubens, in their cele- 

 brated match, run at Newmarket, by a head. He was 

 the first foal of Mrs. Barnet, by Waxy, and was a mag- 

 nificent horse. Sir Joshua, a chestnut, was a small horse ; 

 his dam was own sister to Haphazard, by Sir Peter out 

 of Mrs. Hervey. Filho da Puta was the sire of Bir- 

 mingham, who won the St. Leger in 1830, and of Col- 

 wick, foaled in 1828, whose dam, Stella, was by Sir 

 Oliver. Colwick was a bay horse, and sire of Attila, 

 winner of the Derby in 1 842. Attila's dam. Progress, 

 was by Langar. He was a small-sized but a strong- 

 made horse ; he had splendid action, and a very light 

 step. Few handsomer or truer-made horses, it has been 

 said, have appeared on the Turf But it was maintained 

 by some that he was wanting in ' heart.' There is noth- 

 ing more worthy of notice in this branch of the Sir Peter 

 line ; but it may be mentioned that Antar and Reginald, 

 sons of Haphazard, won the Two Thousand Guineas, and 

 his daughter Rowena the One Thousand Guineas. 



As a sire Walton must be considered the most distin- 

 guished of Sir Peter's sons. He was a bay horse, foaled 

 in 1799, and own brother to Ditto. His dam, Arethusa, 

 by Dungannon, got another strain of the Darley Arabian 

 through her granddam, Virago, by Snap, grandson of Fly- 



