110 THE HORSE 



difficult to get rid of in any breed where it is introduced, 

 for cross as you may it is sure to assert itself generation 

 after generation. 



Within the last three decades two of the most famous 

 stallions have been Danegelt and his son Ganymede, and 

 their stock and descendants have enriched their owners with 

 immense sums of money. It may be of interest to 

 trace back their pedigree, showing what famous names in 

 the trotting world are blazoned on it, and how it is crowned 

 at the beginning with the famous Darley Arabian, the most 

 potent ancestor of the best race-horses, all the world over. 



Darley Arabian ... ... ... ... ... 1702 



Flying Childers 1715 



Blaze 1733 



Old Shales 1755 



Driver 1765 



Fireaway (Jenkinsons) ... ... 17B0 



Fireaway (West's) 1800 



Fireaway (Burgess's) ... 1815 



Wildfire 1827 



Phenomenon ... ... ... ... ... 1835 



Performer 1840 



Sir Charles 1843 



Denmark ... ... ... ... ... ... 1862 



Danegelt 1879 



Ganymede 1887 



Phenomenon was brought into Yorkshire by Mr. Kobert 

 Ramsdale, of Market Weighton, and it may be said that it was 

 through him the great improvement in the Yorkshire hack- 

 neys took place ; while the mares who were his consorts, 

 having a good deal of thoroughbred blood in them, produced 

 progeny with more quality than the Norfolk trotters, which 

 were apt to be rather coarse about the head. A great merit 

 in the race is its soundness of legs and feet, and for showy 

 action it cannot be surpassed. The best type should not 

 exceed 15.2, and should be well balanced and well coupled. 

 The Hackney Stud Book Society dates from a public 

 meeting held at Norwich June 30, 1883, and the good work 

 it has done since that day is amply proved every year by the 

 animals shown at its annual Show each spring at Islington. 



