The Modern British Thoroughbred 



The close of the eighteenth century witnessed a remarkable advance in the breed- 

 ing interests of England. There were five stallions foaled in the last fifteen years of 

 that century that were destined to perpetuate their names through the one hundred 

 years next to follow, and these were : 



SIR PETER, foaled 1784, by Highflyer out of Papillon by Snap. Won the Derby 

 of 1787 and got four Derby, two Oaks and four St. Leger winners. 



BUZZARD, foaled 1787, by Woodpecker out of Misfortune by Dux. Got Bron'ze, 

 winner of the Oaks in 1806 and Quiz, St. Leger of 1801. Also sire of Selim, Rubens 

 and Castrel, all great sires, ranking in the order named. Buzzard was imported to 

 Virginia, where he got Hephestion and other good ones. Died in Kentucky in 1811 

 at the age of 24. Bronze was sister to Selim, Rubens and Castrel. 



WAXY, Derby winner of 1793, by Pot-8-os (1773) out of Maria by Herod. Got 

 four Derby and three Oaks winners, being the only horse in history to get all three 

 placed horses in the Epsom Oaks, over 90 years ago. He got no St. Leger winners, 

 but was sire of three great horses, all brothers. Whalebone won the Derby and got 

 three Derby and one Oaks winner, beside one eacli of the Ascot and Goodwood Cups. 

 Whisker got no Derby nor Oaks winners but got two St. Leger winners Memnon and 

 The Colonel, the latter making a dead heat with Cadland for the Derby. Woful, the 

 third of this marvelous trio, is but little heard of, even among men claiming to be 

 pedigree students, but he got two Oaks winners and one of the St. Leger, Theodore, 

 who finished on three legs. 



SORCERER, a black horse, foaled 1796, by Trumpator out of Young Giantess by 

 Diomed, she being also the second dam of both Phantom and Priam, winners of the 

 Derby ; and the third dam of Langar, a noted sire who got Elis, St. Leger of 1836 ; and 

 also got Felt, Chester Cup of 1830. 



HAMBLETONIAN, brown horse foaled 1792 and winner of the St. Leger in 1795. 

 He got no classic winners but was sire of Camillus, Anticipation (twice winner of the 

 Ascot Cup) and Whitelock, sire of Blacklock, whose dam produced the three-legged 

 St. Leger winner, Theodore. It is through Blacklock that the male-line of Hamble- 

 tonian survives to the present date. Hambletonian was by King Fergus out of a mare 

 (1782) by Highflyer; and King Fergus was also sire of Beningbrough, who won the 

 St. Leger in 1794. For twenty-five years Beningbrough outbred Hambletonian as 

 badly as one horse could outbreed another, for he got two Oaks winners and the mag- 

 nificent Orville, that won the St. Leger of 1802. Orville got Octavius and Emilius, 

 winners of the Derby; Ebor, who beat Blacklock a length for the St. Leger of 1817; 

 and two winners of the One Thousand Guineas. From 1800 to 1830 the male-line of 

 Hambletonian and Blacklock lay perfectly dormant, save in cup races at long dis- 

 tances. Emilius, on the other hand, was the most noted sire between 1825 and 1840, 

 getting Priam and Plenipotentiary, winners of the Derby; Oxygen, winner of the 



