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but dictated by fancy. ]N'ow ^^halebone and Veloci- 

 pede, standing at the same place, would each suit 

 a diametrically opposite mare ; for if we are to rely 

 on the sire perpetuating his merits, here would have 

 been two of quite opposite character — one likely to 

 perpetuate speed, the other, as he proved by his pro- 

 duce, stoutness. ''Good little AVhalebone!" "Honest 

 little Whalebone !" are terms that to this day speak 

 in honour of the horse. 



Direct speed, such as Eagle possessed, who in his 

 match with Sir Charles Bunbury's famous mare, 

 Eleanor, winner of Oaks and Leger, beat her, is not, 

 I conceive, by any means so surely hereditary as is 

 stoutness ; for the first depends chiefly on the attri- 

 bute of the particular horse, the other on constitution 

 and game — this probably arising from blood, as does 

 bravery in some families ; but it by no means follows 

 that each member of it is equally active, and speed 

 in a horse is a certain degree of activity that he pos- 

 sesses, but may not perp etuate ; such very speedy 

 horses are a little apt to be currish in difficulty — a 

 failing, I must think, they are more likely to hand 



