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as coming from the same pen it was sufficiently gratify- 

 ing to find that the views elucidated in the letters of 

 the former were publicly admitted to be confirmed by 

 the latter, and had led, at least in one instance, to a 

 positive indorsement of the opinions urged by the 

 * English Uhlan.' 



For the completion of the First Part, ' The English 

 Horse,' the pedigrees of Herod, Eclipse, and Trumpator 

 have been given at full length, which it, is hoped, may 

 be of great assistance to the reader ; these, being traced 

 back to the furthest extent, will enable any one to form a 

 just appreciation of the breeding of the English racer, 

 and at the same tune will show conclusively how far short 

 he is of being of pure blood. Trumpator, through horses 

 of mixed and common blood (such as would now be 

 called half-bred), inherited not less than 207 strains of 

 impure blood — this is counting Turks and Barbs as of 

 equally pure blood with Arabians, but which in reality 

 cannot be allowed ; therefore the strains of inferior blood 

 are in excess of what is stated. Eclipse inherited at 

 least %6, and Herod a similar number. 



The modern racer, being in every instance descended 

 from one or all of the above-named horses, not only 

 inherits these stains, but as often as these horses appear 

 in his pedigree (which they do over and over again) are 

 the original number of stains doubled or quadrupled, 

 as the case may be, and, it must be remembered, faults 



