54 The English Horse. 



he and General Peel came away from their horses in the 

 Derby of 1864 must be still fresh in the memory of 

 most. St. Albans' dam was Bribery, by The Libel. 

 Caller Ou's dam was Haricot, whose sire was Mango or 

 Lanercost, her dam Queen Mary, by Gladiator. The 

 Marquis was a bay horse out of Cinizelli, by Touch- 

 stone, from Brocade, by Pantaloon. Lord Lyon, a bay, 

 and Achievement brown (own brother and sister), their 

 dam Paradigm, by Paragone (a son of Touchstone), her 

 dam Ellen Home, by Redshank out of Delhi, by Pleni- 

 potentiary, are perhaps bred more directly back to Eclipse 

 than any of the others ; and though their dam may not 

 be so illustrious as Blair Athol's, the strains they in- 

 herit through her from Catton, Emilius, and Touchstone 

 cannot but be valuable ; and I am inclined to think if 

 Blair Athol may be generally considered the best repre- 

 sentative of his sire, the breeding of Lord Lyon is the 

 more perfect. The Stockwell and Touchstone cross, as 

 it is termed, has become almost a proverb, but Beads- 

 man would appear to be an appropriate sire for Stock- 

 well mares. Birdcatcher was also the sire of the grey 

 horse Chanticleer, the sire of Sunbeam (winner of the St. 

 Leger, 1858). This brings us to the end of the Sir Her- 

 cules family, and a few words about Whisker must close 

 the review of the Darley Arabian line through PotSos. 



Whisker (own brother to Whalebone) was the sire of 

 Economist, the sire of Harkaway, who was the sire of 

 King Tom,' from Stock well's dam, Pocahontas, several 

 of whose mares have been good performers, although, 



' Kingcraft, son of King Tom, won the Derby, 1S70. 



