22 DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN HORSE 



descended from Byerly Turk and Darley Arabian, was another 

 noted racer and sire. His progeny nurhbered 497 winners of 

 £201,505. Sampson, a descendant of Darley Arabian through 

 Flying Childers, was a Thoroughbred with trotting instead of run- 

 ning propensities. Sampson was the grandsire of imported Mam- 

 brino, whose son, imported Messenger, was the great progenitor 

 of the American trotting horses. 



While the English Thoroughbred may not have increased in 

 speed since the days of the great Flying Childers in 1 720, he 

 certainly has not suffered in popular estimation, or in the value in 

 which he is held. In support of this assertion attention is called 

 to the sale of the stud of the late Duke of Westminster in 1903, 

 when Mons. E. Blanc paid in English guineas the equivalent of 

 $191,500 for Flying Fox. Good judges have pronounced this 

 horse the best that ever wore plates. 



The Duke of Westminster also originally owned another horse, 

 ORMOND, which carried his colors to triple honors in the Derby, 

 the Two Thousand Guinea and the St. Ledger, in 1 896, which 

 was sold to W. O'B. Macdonough for $1 50,000, the next highest 

 price ever paid for a horse. 



The running records for various distances are given as follows : 



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Description and Characteristics 



The English Thoroughbred is of various colors, generally dark 

 and prevailingly bay, frequently with white marks on face and legs. 

 He is tall and slender, standing about 1 6 hands at an average, and 

 weighing from 1 000 to 1 200 pounds. 



His head is fine and Jean, with an expression of extreme mettle 



" Am a farmer. T^aise some horses. Have used your Qall Cure and 

 find it all and more than it is recommended. 



Jacob Bettinger, Chittenango, N. Y.** 



