PART III. 



Now attest 

 That those whom you call'd Fathers, did be^et you ! 



Show us here 

 The mettle of your pasture : let us swear 

 That you are worth your breeding. 



Shakspeare. 



Genus nobilc equorum. 



"No common horses, the sons and daughters of the famous something or other. 

 Evei-y proficient in equine pedigree knows that the genealogy of these wonderful 

 be. StS runs through a long list, that exists in a direct line, between them and the 

 patriarchal pair that munched their corn in the Ark." 



