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conan, Vespasian, and Adventurer, foaled in 1859, whose 

 dam, Palma, was by Emilius, from Francesca, by Par- 

 tizan out of a mare, by Orville (the sire of Emilius). 



Adventurer has already made himself known, being 

 the sire of Pretender, winner of the Derby in 1869. 

 There are other descendants of both Orlando and New- 

 minster who may still make themselves names at the 

 stud. Before leaving the Touchstone line, although it 

 would occupy too much space to dilate upon all his 

 descendants, I think it only fit to mention his grand- 

 son, Dundee, who, after a very bad break down, ran 

 second to Kettledrum for the Derby in 1861 on three 

 legs. He was a very nice-looking horse, with fine quar- 

 ters, and is a good horse to look at from behind ; his 

 shoulders have a good slope, but a little heavy at the 

 points. 



Defence, a brown horse, foaled in 1824, is the next 

 son of Whalebone who must come under our notice. 

 His dam was Defiance, by Rubens. His blood is as 

 scarce as it is good, and until lately was chiefly repre- 

 sented through his daughters. His daughter Deception 

 won the Oaks in 1839. ^^s mares seemed to have 

 mated well with horses of the Partisan line. He was 

 the sire, Southdown and Defenceless the dams, of 

 Alarm and Caractacus, also of Fortress, the dam of 

 Pyrrhus the First. He was also the sire of The Em- 

 peror, a chestnut horse, foaled in 1841, winner of the 

 Ascot Cup in 1844, and of the Emperor's Plate (Ascot) 

 in 1845 ; his dam was by Reveller, and her dam. De- 

 sign (own sister to Dangerous, winner of the Derby in 



