44 Romping in Horses. 



cannot be of any consequence. It cannot be propagated 

 any more than a broken bone, or any other accident.' . . . 

 Sir Charles returned full of glee ; the good people of Xor- 

 fold and Suffolk Avere satisfied ; Major Wilson's horse was in 

 high request ; and in a few years a great part of the two 

 counties was overrun with Roarers, and many a breeder 

 half ruined." 



Among thoroughbred or pedigree horses, the influence of 

 heredity in leading to the development of this defect is 

 notorious, and instances will occur to those who have even 

 only casually studied the subject. Bal Gal, for example, was 

 a confirmed bad Roarer, and her dam, Cantiniere, was even 

 worse. Blair Athol's progeny are distinguished for develop- 

 ing their sire's respiratory disability, and the case of Prince 

 Charlie is well known. Lady Agnes is the dam of Ormonde, 

 and both suffer from Roaring. 



Goodwin, late veterinary surgeon to the Hampton Court 

 stud, in BelVs Life for January 15th, 1855, alludes to the 

 heredity of Roaring, and remarks : " We have before us 

 such a remarkable case — one which, in this instance, so dis- 

 tinctly proves that it is hereditary, and this is so well 

 known to all turf-men, that I feel no dehcacy in giving the 

 names of Bowstring, Iris, and Longbow, all the produce of 

 one mare, Miss Bowe, yet not by one sire ; for Bowstring 

 was got by Amuratti, the other two by Ithuriel — first-class 

 race-horses, and whose infirmity as Roarers is conclusive 

 upon this point. At the same time I am aware that many 

 instances exist of stallions either being or supposed to be 

 Roarers, whose stock are wholly free from any symptom of 

 their sire's disorder ; but I believe that a great deal of mis- 

 apprehension exists, which has often been the cause of 

 imparting to stallions the character of their being Roarers 

 when such was not the case." 



Elsewhere,^ the same writer and Mr. Apperley (Nimrod) 

 allude to the celebrated mare Marry, by Precipitate, and 

 ^ " The Veterinarian," 1840. 



