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direct male descent from King Fergus through Orv^ille ; 

 and Mendicant, Beadsman's dam, on her sire's side came 

 from the collateral line from Waxy, and on the side 

 of her dam from the identical line from which her son 

 was descended in male descent, which was that from 

 Joe Andrews ; Tramp being great-grandsire of Weather- 

 bit and maternal grandsire of Mendicant. The in- 

 breeding and breeding back were further prosecuted in 

 Blue Gown. From his sire he inherited strains of the 

 Darley Arabian blood through Joe Andrews, King Fer- 

 gus, PotSos, and Waxy, and through his dam he got a 

 double infusion of the same blood (the Darley Arabian's) 

 through two collateral branches of the Waxy family, she 

 being the offspring of a descendant of Sir Hercules on 

 her sire's side, and a descendant of Camel on the side of 

 her dam ; Sir Hercules and Camel being both grandsons 

 of Waxy. Bas Bleu, the dam of Blue Gown, was a bay 

 mare by Stockwell from Vexation, by Touchstone out 

 of Vat, by Langar out of Wire (sister to Whalebone), a 

 daughter of Waxy, and Touchstone's dam was by Master 

 Henry, son of Orville; which gives two other additional 

 strains from the Darley Arabian in direct male descent. 

 In addition to his being so finely bred a horse, I think 

 it will be generally allowed he was a good racer ; and 

 although neither his owner nor his trainer, so it has been 

 reported, thought very highly of him, and preferred his 

 half-brother, Rosicrucian, yet his jockey had formed 

 quite a different opinion, and stuck to him through good 

 and evil report ; for myself, I think Blue Gown had all 

 the appearance of a racehorse, and the other was only 

 a handsome coach horse in comparison. 



