Kmg Fergus and his Descendants, 5 5 



with rare exceptions, his sons have not been so success- 

 ful. Whisker was also the sire of The Colonel, whose ■ 

 son, Chatham, was the sire of the celebrated Governess. 



King Fergus, a chestnut horse, foaled in 1775, is the 

 second son of Eclipse it was proposed to notice. His 

 two sons, Hambletonian and Beningbrough, are the 

 fathers of two families we shall consider. From the 

 former came the Blacklocks ; the latter was the ancestor 

 of Emilius, Priam, and Plenipotentiary. Three of his 

 sons were winners of the St. Leger — Young Traveller, 

 Beningbrough, and Hambletonian. 



The dam of King Fergus was Tuting's Polly, by 

 Black-and-all-Black out of his Fanny, by Tartar, from a 

 mare by Old Starling, from a Flying Childers mare. 

 Black-and-all-Black was by Crab, son of Alcock Arabian, 

 from Miss Slammerkin. 



Beningbrough, winner of the St. Leger in 1 794, was a 

 bay horse, from a Herod mare. He was the sire of two 

 Oaks winners, Briseis and Oriana, and his son, Orville, 

 won the St. Leger in 1802. Orville was a bay horse, 

 his dam was Evelina, by Highflyer. His sons, Octavius 

 and Emilius, were winners of the Derby, and Ebor of 

 the St. Leger in 1817. He was also the sire of Muley, 

 whose son. Little Wonder, carried off the Derby in 

 1840; his daughter, Vespa, the Oaks in 1833 ; and his 

 son. Margrave, the St. Leger, in 1832. His son, Muley 

 Moloch, was the sire of that beautiful and truly famous 

 mare, Alice Hawthorn, She was bred back to the 

 Darley Arabian to a very great extent ; her sire was a 

 direct male descendant through King Fergus and Eclipse, 



