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Spanker was bay; bred by the Duke of Buckingham; got by 

 the D'Arcy Yellow Turk: dam old Morocco Mare (old Peg), bred 

 by Lord Fairfax, got by his Morocco Barb ; 2d dam old Bald Peg, 

 said to be by an Arabian; and 3d dam a Barb. Spanker was 

 called the best horse at Newmarket in the reign of Charles II. 

 He was sold to Mr. Pelham of Brocklesby. 



In closing this chapter, a brief account of the origin of the 

 English blood horse and his introduction into America will, perhaps, 

 not be out of place. The different migrations of the human family 

 through which Europe and then America have been settled are not more 

 wonderful than the migration of the Arab horse, it being remem- 

 bered that both the Turk and the Barb are supposed to have had 

 their origin in the Arab. 



The Markham Arabian, purchased by James I., whose reign was 

 from 1603 to 1625, of a merchant named Markham, is said to have 

 been the first Arabian brought to England. The Duke of Newcastle 

 in his treatise on Horsemanship says that he saw this Arabian and 

 describes him as a small bay horse, not of very good shape ; that he 

 was bought to run, but ran so badly that he brought Arabians into 

 disrepute. From this statement it will be seen that racing was in 

 vogue in England before the introduction of the Arab. Indeed, the 

 record of it extends as far back as the reign of Athelstan in the ninth 

 century, when several race horses were sent as a present by Hugh 

 Caput to Athelstan, when the latter was in treaty for the hand of 

 Hugh Caput's sister in marriage. 



The English " General Stud Book" states that Guise (known as 

 the Duke of Rutland's Barb), and Lord Fairfax's Morocco Bafb were 

 among the next brought in. Then came Place's White Turk, the 

 property of Mr. Place, studmaster to Oliver Cromwell when Protec- 

 tor, 1653 to 1658. He was sire of Wormwood and Commoner. 



Dodsworth was bred in Barbary, but foaled in England. His 

 dam, a Barb mare, was imported in the reign of Charles II. (1660 to 

 1685), and was called a Royal mare. Dodsworth was the sire of 

 Dickey Pierson. 



ROYAL MARES. King Charles II. sent abroad the master-of- 

 horse to procure a number of mares for breeding, and the mares 

 brought back by him (as also many of their produce) have since 

 been called Royal mares. Charles I. had at Tutbury, Staffordshire, 

 in 1643, a number of mares and stallions described as race-horses, a 

 list of which, from the records, includes three Morocco mares. 



Pulleine's Chestnut Arabian; the D'Arcy Yellow Turk, sire of 

 Spanker and Brimmer ; the D'Arcy White Turk, sire of Hautboy ; the 



