-^ Horse Racing in England 



imported, and special attention given to the breeding of 

 those that should compete for the Royal Plates. Perhaps 

 the most famous sires and the founders of the best blood 

 in English horseflesh made their appearance in this reign. 

 They were the Darley Arabian, the Godolphin Arabian 



DARLEY ARABIAN 



(purchased by the nobleman whose name he bore, from a 

 cart in Paris), and the Byerley Turk. 



No one did more to promote the interests of the Turt 

 and to establish horse racing as a national pastime than 

 Tregonwell Frampton, of Moreton, in Dorsetshire. " The 



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