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1850, RATAPLAN, ch. c. by The Baron. Ran 3rd in the St. Leger at 3 (won by 

 West Australian) and in the Ascot Cup at 4. Won 42 races out of 71 starts, includ- 

 ing the Manchester Cup (4 years, 130 Ibs.) and 25 Queen's Plates, from 2^/4 to 3 miles. 



1851, KING TOM, b. c. by Harkaway, won 2 races and was second to Andover 

 in the Derby. Got i winner each of the Derby and St. Leger, 3 of the Oaks and 2 

 each of the One Thousand, Alexandra Plate and Cesarewitch. 



1852, STROOD, ch. c. by Chatham. A very poor horse. 



1854, AYACANORA, ch. f. by Birdcatcher. Won 2 races at 2 years. Produced 

 Talk of the Hill, by Wild Dayrell ; Chattanooga by Orlando, and Cachucha by Volti- 

 geur. 



1855, THE KNIGHT OF KARS, by Nutwith (St. Leger 1843), son of Tomboy. He 

 won 2 races, including the Derby Free Handicap, and was called one of the hand- 

 somest horses of his day. 



1858, KNIGHT OF ST. PATRICK, by Knight of -St. George (St. Leger of 1854 and 

 sold to America), he by Birdcatcher. This horse won four races, including the rich 

 Bentinck Memorial (3 miles) at Goodwood, and got Moslem, who won the Two 

 Thousand of 1868, after a dead heat with Formosa. 



1859, AUTOMATON, by Ambrose, who beat Macaroni at 2 years old and died 

 that winter. 



1860, AURICULA, by Ambrose, son of Touchstone. This mare won three races, 

 including the Newmarket St. Leger. She produced Blandford by The Duke and that 

 grandest looking horse of his day, Nuneham by Oxford. 



1862, ARAUCARIA, b. f. by Ambrose (No. 16 family). She never raced, but pro- 

 duced Chamant, winner of the 2000 guineas in 1877 ; Apremont, brother to Chamant 

 and a popular sire in New Zealand, both of these being -by Mortemer; and Rayon 

 d'Or, by Flageolet (who defeated Doncaster twice), winner of the St. Leger of 

 1879 and imported into America by Hon. W. L. Scott. Died the property of August 

 Belmont, Esq., of New York. 



Now here is a curious matter for me, though it may not be for my readers. Camel, 

 sire of Touchstone, and the Baron, sire of Stockwell and Rataplan, were both from 

 No. 24 family in Mr. Bruce Lowe's system, and the only two stallions in that family 

 that were worth a $100 bill. But it is a singular fact that Pocahontas' very worst 

 foal should have been by Camel and her two best by The Baron, one of them being 

 one of the greatest cup-winners that the world has ever seen, while the other was, 

 in my belief, the greatest sire that ever looked through a bridle. Had you owned 

 Pocahontas, as Mr. Theobald did, you would either have bred her to Touchstone or 

 to his sire Camel ; and as Touchstone had not then established his prowess as a sire, 

 it was very natural that Mr. Theobald should have selected his progenitor. Cambaules 

 was emasculated at three years old, having been found utterly worthless for racing 

 purposes, and is said to have ended his days between the shafts of a cab in London, 

 while others say he was a gentleman's hack in Nottinghamshire and a very nice horse 

 to ride. 



MANDANE, CH. M. 1800. 



By Pot-8-os-Young Camilla, produced : 



1804, b. f. Scratch, by Whisky. 



1805, b. c. Ernest by Buzzard. 



1807, b. c. Flip by Whisky. 



1808, b. f. by Trumpator. 



1809, b. f. Manuella by Dick Andrews. Won the Oaks. 



1810, ch. f. Altisidora by same. Won the St. Leger. 



