44 The English Horse. 



sister to Highflyer's dam. I have given the pedigree at 

 some length, being very curious from the in-breeding of 

 Herod. Orlando is generally supposed to have had very 

 little of the Darley Arabian blood, which, however, is a 

 very erroneous opinion, when it is remembered that his 

 sire came from the Darley Arabian through sire and 

 dam in direct male descent, besides by various other 

 strains, and although his dam Vulture belonged to 

 another family, yet in looking through the names of her 

 progenitors we find animals tracing back to Flying 

 Childers. 



From among others he was the sire of Fazzoletto, 

 Fitz-Roland, and Diophantus, winners of the Two Thou- 

 sand Guineas ; of Imperieuse, winner of the One Thou- 

 sand Guineas and St. Leger ; of Teddington, the winner 

 of the Derby, 185 1. Of all his sons Teddington was the 

 most distinguished. He was a chestnut with a blaze, 

 and a fore and hind leg white, both on the same side ; 

 he was fast, game, honest, and stout, and was one of the 

 best examples of modern days of speed and stoutness 

 combined ; he was an excellent racehorse, won the Derby 

 in 1 85 1, the Doncaster Cup in 1852, and the Emperor's 

 Plate at Ascot in 1853, beating Stockwell with great 

 gameness ; he has often been described as a short horse 

 on a high leg ; it is said he measured in girth. only 63in. 

 when he stripped for the Derby. The last time I saw 

 him was in 1854, when he stood at Theobald's Park, 

 Enfield. He appeared to me to be a very handsome 

 horse, not more than 15 hands i inch high, with a blood- 



