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the sire of that fine mare, Torment, the dam of Tormen- 

 tor, winner of the Oaks, 1866. He was a good-looking 

 horse, but we pass on to Kingston (foaled in 1849). 

 His dam. Queen Anne, was by Slane ; her dam, Garcia, 

 by Octavian, from a mare by Shuttle, who was by Young 

 Marske from the Vauxhall Snap mare, a piece of breed- 

 ing very similar to that seen in Sweetmeat's pedigree. 

 He was a very handsome horse, and although he did not 

 win the Derby was a good racer, and pulled off many 

 races ; his son, Caractacus, won the Derby in 1862, and 

 his daughter. Queen Bertha, the Oaks in 1863. He was 

 also the sire of Ely, and of numerous mares, many of 

 which were in Mr. Blenkiron's stud. 



Caractacus, foaled in 1859, a bay horse, with a blaze, 

 and near hind leg grey, was a good-looking horse ; his 

 dam. Defenceless, by Defence ; her dam by Cain. Here 

 we have a similarly bred horse to Alarm, and I should 

 say like him in appearance, but very docile and good- 

 tempered. He had beautiful action, and I never saw a 

 better mover on any racecourse — he showed his gamcness 

 when he ran for the Metropolitan. The Derby of 1862 

 must be still fresh in the memory of most. Caractacus 

 proved himself to be a racehorse, and although many 

 people thought it a mistake, my own opinion has always 

 been that he won very easily, and might have done so 

 by lengths. Although Caractacus possessed certain cha- 

 racteristics of his sire Kingston, and his grandsire Veni- 

 son, in shape and formation I should say he bore more 

 resemblance to his maternal grandsire. Defence. 



Ely, a bay horse, with a few silver hairs, marks which 



