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was not without flaws in his pedigree, I question if he 

 were not a better bred horse than the great EcHpse. 

 Before leaving Eclipse it is well to state that, as a 

 rule, 'the produce of Eclipse ran too generally and 

 exclusively to speed, and that in stoutness and con- 

 tinuance they were greatly surpassed by their compe- 

 titors on the course, the stock of King Herod and 

 Goldfinder.' ^ 



Eclipse was the sire of three Derby winners : Young 

 Eclipse, in 1781, Saltram, in 1783, and Serjeant, in 

 1784; of one winner of the Oaks, Annette, in 1787; 

 but no St. Leger winner is accredited to him. His 

 blood was handed down in male descent, principally 

 through PotSos, King Fergus, Joe Andrews, and Mer- 

 cury. 



First was PotSos, a chestnut horse, foaled in 1773 ; 

 his dam Sportmistress was by Warren's Sportsman, who 

 was by Cade, a son of the Godolphin Arabian, from 

 Silvertail, by Whitenose, who was by the Hall Arabian, 

 and through Silvertail inherited one other strain of the 

 Darley Arabian blood. PotSos was the sire of three 

 Derby winners, one Oaks winner, and one winner of the 

 St. Leger — namely. Waxy, Champion, winner of the 

 Derby and St. Leger, and Tyrant, and Nightshade, win- 

 ner of the Oaks, 17SS. 



Waxy was a bay horse, foaled in 1790, his dam Maria, 

 by Herod, her dam Lisette, by Snap out of Miss Wind- 

 sor, by the Godolphin Arab. He has been called, and I 

 think not inaptly, the ace of trumps of the Stud Book. 



' Remarks on Eclipse's produce in Scott's ' Sportsman's Repository.' 



