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as Blaze, Snip, and his son Snap, the Darley Arabian 

 blood was brought back, and to a very great extent 

 confirmed in Waxy ; so would the Defence blood be 

 concentrated in horses so bred. 



As in the days of Waxy, it was not the engrafting 

 the stock, or rather blood, of the Byerly Turk upon the 

 stem of the Darley Arabian through Bartlet's Childers, 

 but the getting back and concentrating that which had 

 made the Turk's line truly valuable — namely, the blood 

 of the Darley Arabian — which, as has been shown, was 

 so strongly infused into the Turk's family through 

 Flying Childers, which proved so great a success in 

 Waxy. 



So in the case of mating the before-mentioned mares 

 with Gladiateur should we be confirming, perhaps, the 

 best family of the Darley Arabian line. Daughters of 

 Old Defenceless and any mares that there may be by 

 Old England, whose dam Fortress was by Defence, 

 would be well mated with him ; in short, I would bring 

 to bear as much Defence blood as could be procured to 

 strengthen the blood that has been so nearly lost to us, 

 but which has fortunately been restored to some extent 

 by Gladiateur. 



Gladiateur shows much of the character of his maternal 

 grandsire. Gladiator ; he has the eye of the family, which 

 is also to be particularly noticed in the mares Vesuvienne 

 and Harriott. This feature has doubtless resulted from 

 the frequent infusion of the Darley Arabian's blood, 

 particularly through Waxy. 



Before leaving the Defence family I think a few words 



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