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are to be seen in most, if not all, of the Venisons, fully 

 kept up the renown of the family for gameness. Al- 

 though he failed to carry off the great prizes of his year, 

 he met with frequent triumphs ; he is now at the stud. 



King John, by Kingston, from Dinah by Clarion, her 

 dam Rebekah, by Sir Hercules, has many admirers, and 

 it is expected by some that he will be the horse of the 

 family, if not the one of the period. There is still plenty 

 of time for any one of them to make himself a stud 

 name, but neither Caractacus nor Ely appear to have 

 been patronised to the extent their performances might 

 justly warrant. I look upon mares of this family as 

 very valuable, as will also be fillies from the above-named 

 young sires. Ferina, by Venison, foaled in 1 844, was the 

 dam of Pretender, the winner of the Derby in 1 869. 



Sir Paul, the last of the sons of Sir Peter which we 

 have to consider, foaled in 1802, was a bay horse, and 

 own brother to Paulina, winner of the St. Leger ; his 

 dam, Pewet, was by Tandem. He was the sire of 

 Paulowitz, a brown horse, foaled in 1813 ; his dam, 

 Evelina, was by Highflyer, also the dam of Cervantes, 

 by Don Quixote. He was the sire of Archibald, who 

 won the Two Thousand Guineas in 1832; and of 

 Cain, a bay horse foaled in 1822, whose dam was by 

 Paynator. Cain was the sire of Ion, a brown horse, 

 foaled 1835 ; his dam, Margaret, by Edmund (a son of 

 Orville), from Medora, by Selim. Ion showed in good 

 form as a two-year-old ; he ran second to Amato for the 

 Derby in 1838, and was second also for the St. Leger, 

 won by Don John. In a fortunate moment he was 



