I oo The Eiiorlish Horse. 



<b 



our horses, what can be said of those of much mixed 

 pedigrees, where stains are as numerous, but derived, 

 perhaps, through inferior horses, and without the advan- 

 tage of the concentration of good blood ? In the case of 

 our breed called through-bred, besides the impure strains 

 which are still handed down, fresh stains may be said to 

 appear. Mares in the Stud Book have produced foals to 

 half-bred horses (I have known an instance where a cart- 

 horse was used). Some of these mares have since produced 

 animals which have been successful. These horses, used 

 at the stud, hand down the stain immediately derived 

 from their dam, in addition to former ones. Again, some 

 horses that have appeared on the Turf as half-breed are 

 now in the Stud Book. 



Lath, the first son of the Godolphin Arab or Barb, own 

 brother to Cade, their dam being Roxana, was considered 

 the best horse that had been at Newmarket since Flying 

 Childers. It must be remembered he made his appear- 

 ance in the days of degeneracy that happened after the 

 time of Childers, and was therefore opposed to inferior 

 horses, the offspring of half-bred sires and dams ; but, 

 although he was considered a wonder, it is recorded that 

 Lath did not come up to the standard or the excellence 

 of Childers. Those who had seen Childers were able to 

 appreciate the difference, although the young sportsmen 

 may have been satisfied. 



So, again. Eclipse, a descendant in male line from the 

 Darley Arabian, and on the side of his dam from the 

 Godolphin Arab, was deemed a phenomenon. Why was 

 this } A little reOection on the sketch of the history of 



