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ascertained —was a Barb, not an Arab from Arabia proper. Against 

 these, again, we find Place's White Turk, D'Arceys Turk, the Yellow 

 Turk, Lister's, or the Straddling Turk, the Byerly Turk, the Selaby 

 Turk, the Acaster Turk ; Curwen's Bay Barb, Conipton's Barb, the 

 Thoulouse Barb, Layton's Barb Mare, great-great-grandam of Miss 

 Layton ; the Koyal Mares, which were Barbs from Tangier, and many 

 other Barb horses, not from the Eastern desert, heading the pedigrees of 

 our best horses. 



In this connection, I would observe that the very reasons for which the 

 Marquis of Newcastle condemned the Markham Arabian — viz., that when 

 regularly trained he could do nothing against race-horses — on account of 

 which condemnation he has received a sneer or a slur from every wi'iter 

 who has discussed the subject, are those which, at this very moment, 

 prevent prudent breeders from having recourse to oriental blood of any 

 kind. 



They cannot run or last against the English horse. They have not the 

 size, the bone, the muscle, the shape, if we except the beautiful head, 

 fine neck, thin withers, long, deep and sloping shoulders, which are the 

 inevitable characteristics of the race. Therefore, all men who breed with 

 an eye to profit, — and howsoever it might have been in the olden times 

 of the Turf, there are few now who have not an eye to it, either as 

 hoping to win on the turf, or to produce salable stocks — prefer to put 

 their mares to known English winning horses, proved getters of winners, 

 of unquestioned bottom and stoutness, rather than to try stallions of the 

 desert blood, concerning which nothing is known beyond the attested 

 pedigree, and the visible shapes. 



Farther our authority gives a list of all foreign, and the most celebrated 

 native stallions which were used for covering in England in 1730, or just 

 150 years ago. They are as follows : 



FOREIGN STALLIONS IN 1730, 



The Alcock Arabian, the Bloody Buttocks Arabian, the Bloody Shoul- 

 dered Arabian, the Belgrade Turk, the Bethel Arabian, Lord Burlington's 

 Barb, Croft's Eg3rptian horse, the Cypress Arabian, the Godolphin Ara- 

 bian, Hall's Arabian, Johnson's Turk, Litton's Arabian, Matthew's 

 Persian, Nottingham's Arabian, Newton's Arabian, Pigott's Turk, the 

 Duke of Devonshire's Arabian, Greyhound, a Barb, Hampton Court 

 grey Barb, Strickland's Arabian, Wjmn's Arabian, Dodsworth, a Barb 



NATIVE STALLIONS IN 1730. 



Aleppo, Almanzer, Astridge Ball, Bald Galloway, Bartlet's Childers, 

 Basto, Bay Bolton, Blacklegs, Bolton Starling, Bolton Sweepstakes, 

 Cartouch, Chaunter, Childers, Cinnamon, Coneyskins, Councillor, Crab, 

 Doctor, Dunkirk, Easby Snake, Fox, Foxcub, Gramme's Champion, Grey 



