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mas. Some of their best — viz., Birkenhead, Mar- 

 text, the mare by Touchstone — Hornsea's dam (a 

 splendid animal), and the sister to Euclid — are 

 still in the paddocks. Spanish Jack (Don John 

 over again, but out of a mare that never bred 

 anything to run), Ginger (brother to Mango), the 

 colt by Camel — Gladiator's dam, the colt by Don 

 John — Scandal, Stitch, by Hornsea out of Industry, 

 a colt (a very clever one) by Jereed out of Dirce, 

 (Sir Harry's dam), Turpin (I think, next to Birken- 

 head, Taylor's favourite), by Hetman Platoff out 

 of Black Bess, and five others, amongst them a 

 great favourite of mine, Shelford, by Colwick out 

 of Marchesina, are all up in the stable, and have 

 had two sweats apiece, but are nothing like so for- 

 ward or fit as ours. Most of them have been singed 

 all over like my cart-horses, but none of them have 

 been tried in any way. Spanish Jack is the most 

 perfect horse to look at, but the dam has never 

 bred anything that could gallop. 



" I think all Col. Anson's were going off the end 

 of this week to Scott's. Lord Chesterfield is going 

 to train almost entirely with Taylor at home, and 

 means to make some great improvements in his 

 training-ground, which at present hardly deserves 

 the name of a training-ground. 



Take them altogether, I never saw such a lot of 

 yearlings together, especially when I consider how 

 much good looks and running blood are combined 



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