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and Nancy, the dam of Muley Moloch, her sire was by 

 Dick Andrews, a grandson in male descent of Eclipse, 

 and her dam, Rebecca, was the offspring of collateral 

 lines from the Darley Arabian in both male and female 

 descents. The sire of Rebecca was Lottery, who was 

 by Tramp, great-grandson of Eclipse, from the cele- 

 brated Mandane, a daughter of PotSos, son of Eclipse. 

 Rebecca's dam was by Cervantes (son of Don Quixote, 

 who was a grandson of Eclipse), from Anticipation, by 

 Beningbrough, the head of the branch of the King Fer- 

 gus family we are now considering, and grandson of 

 Eclipse. The breeding of these two mares, mother and 

 daughter, is perhaps as perfect as anything that we may 

 find since the days of the Childers. 



Little Wonder was a brilliant bay in colour, and 

 stood 14 hands 3 inches in height. He was a good and 

 game little horse, and is one of the examples that occa- 

 sionally occur which prove that speed, stride, and power 

 are not altogether consequent upon height, size, and 

 apparent length. The Derby of 1840 seems to have 

 been a very true run race. They got away at an excel- 

 lent pace, Little Wonder lying about seventh. After 

 going half a mile the running was taken up by the 

 Melody colt, Launcelot second. Little Wonder sixth. 

 In going round the turn Little Wonder took his place at 

 Launcelot's quarters, and these three were all that were 

 left in the race ; the others were beaten off. At the dis- 

 tance it was all up with the Melody colt, and Little 

 Wonder challenged the 'crack' Launcelot, headed him 

 in a few yards, was half a length ahead of him before 



