Emilhts and Priam. 5 7 



they reached the Stand, and was a clever winner by a 

 length. It must be remembered that Launcelot, who 

 was the St. Leger winner of the year, was a horse of 

 great speed. Little Wonder was nicely bred, but not 

 nearly so perfect in that respect as Rebecca and Alice 

 Hawthorn. 



We must now return to Emilius (son of Orville), win- 

 ner of the Derby in 1823. He was a bay horse; his 

 dam, Emily, was by Stamford, by Sir Peter ; her dam 

 has not a very excellent pedigree, but Stamford's dam, 

 Horatio, was by Eclipse — I think the only return to the 

 Darley Arabian blood, but it goes by to Rib, the Wynn 

 Arabian and Alcock Arabian — yet Sir Peter, Stamford's 

 sire, has several strains of that blood ; his dam, Papillon, 

 was by Snap, great-grandson of the Darley Arabian. 

 He was a very fine horse, stood about 15 hands 2 inches 

 in height, and was considered of almost faultless sym- 

 metry. I believe he was also conspicuous for the size 

 or depth of his back ribs, which point Mango also pos- 

 sessed. His sons, Priam and Plenipotentiary, were 

 Derby winners ; his daughter, Oxygen, a winner of the 

 Oaks ; and Mango, his son, won the St. Leger in 1837. 



Priam, foaled in 1827, a bay horse from Cressida, 

 sister to Eleanor, by Whiskey, has been described as a 

 fine horse to stand up against, but narrow and light ; 

 however, he had fine action. His daughters, Miss Letty, 

 Industry, and Crucifix, were winners of the Oaks. 



Perhaps he is more distinguished as the sire of Crucifix 

 than by anything else. She was the winner of both the 

 Two Thousand and One Thousand Guineas, and the 



