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many striking examples were shown and alluded to 

 when the line Darley Arabian was under consideration — 

 it would lead to a clearer view of what the results would 

 now have been at this time, if such blood as that of the 

 Darley Arabian had alone been used, and what they 

 would be in a very short time were such pure Arabian 

 blood only to be bred from. 



There is one little incidence of breeding that will not 

 have escaped notice— at least I think not — and whenever 

 it has recurred, excellence in that individual, no matter 

 of what family, is noticeable. I allude to the Vauxhall 

 Snap mare and her son Shuttle, he being the produce of 

 a great-great-grandson of the Darley Arabian, through 

 Bartlet's Childers from a mare (the Vauxhall Snap mare), 

 the daughter of a great-great-grandson of the Darley 

 Arabian, through Flying Childers. This breeding, which 

 is nothing more nor less than a union of or breeding 

 back to the Darley Arabian through the two Childers, 

 is seen among others in the pedigree of Sweetmeat, 

 Kingston, Crucifix, Beadsman, Gladiateur, and The 

 Black Doctor. The last-named, although not a distin- 

 guished horse at the stud, showed great stoutness and 

 S'ameness as a racer. 



