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simmon, Florizel II and Diamond Jubilee, among Derby winners ; Mrs. Butterwick 

 and Amiable, both winners of the Oaks and One Thousand ; and Persimmon and Dia- 

 mond Jubilee among St. Leger winners. Carrying it still further the success of 

 his four great sons, Persimmon, St. Frusquin, Florizel II and St. Serf, and you find 

 Stockwell in every one of them. ' No other .sons of St. Simon have achieved any- 

 thing in the stud worthy of mention, while each of the four above named is the sire 

 of one or more classical winners. Now put that in your meerschaum and fumigate it. 



ENGLAND'S BELGRAV1AN DAMES. 



I do not think it would be right for me to close up this section of my book with- 

 out some reference to the mighty matrons that have contributed so signally to the 

 prestige of the English horse. People who read this work may ask why I devote 

 so much space to English horses, but my answer is that the American thoroughbred 

 horse is descended from the English horse of the same class, for two centuries of our 

 existence as a nation had elapsed before we purchased the first stallion or mare im- 

 ported from France or Australia. But as there can be no great stallion without a 

 great mother, I take the ten greatest mares of England that have any direct bear- 

 ing upon the American thoroughbred horse of today. 



*fc PEWET, .B M, 1786. 



This mare won the St. Leger in 1789 and was by Tandem (son of Syphon by 

 Squirt-daughter of Regulus-Snap mare) her dam Termagant by Tantrum (Cripple by 

 Godolphin-mare by the Hampton Court Childers) next dam by Regulus out of the 

 dam of Marske who was the sire of Eclipse. Pewet's produce I do not pretend to 

 give entire, but only such as affect modern breeding : 



1802, SIR PAUL, a bay colt, by Sir Peter, the Derby winner of 1787, mated with 

 Evelina, a half-sister to Pewet, he got Paulowitz, the sire of Archibald, who won the 

 Two Thousand ; and also male-line ancestor of Wild Dayrell, the Derby winner of 

 1855, from whom come in direct line Buccaneer, See Saw, Kisber, Discord and other 

 good ones in England ; and Neckersgat, Dunlop, Gozo and Gaulus in the land of the 

 Kangaroo. , 



1804, PAULINA, winner of the St. Leger in 1807 and several other good races. Her 

 daughters, Galatea by Amadis (son of Don Quixote) and Soldiers' Joy by the Colonel 

 (St. Leger and dead heat for the Derby in 1828), have produced some good perform- 

 ers. Galatea produced Camp Follower, dam of Rifleman who lost the St. Leger of 

 1855 (won by Saucebox) through bad riding; and Soldiers' Joy is to be found in 

 many excellent modern pedigrees. 



1812, CLINKERINA by Clinker (Sir Peter-Hyale by Phenomenon) whose great son 

 Humphrey Clinker was the sire of Melbourne that saved the male-line of Matchem 

 from total extinction; also the sire of Bran (twice second for the Ascot Cup), Thump, 

 Famine, Rush and others in Ireland. From Humphrey Clinker, in direct male-line, 

 is descended Spendthrift, greatest of all American sires since 1870 because he is the 

 only one to get two premier sires Kingston and Hastings. 



EVELINA B M, 1791. 



By Highflyer out of Termagant (darn of Pewet, above) by Tantrum. Her only 

 notable produce were : 



1799, ORVILLE, b c, by Beningbro' (St. Leger 1794) was a great race horse and 

 got Octavius and Emilius, winners of the Derby ; Ebor who won the St. Leger of 



