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and might have carried 1 8 stone to houndS; being " built 

 that way." They neither of them, however, achieved 

 much success as stallions, though the " Knights " were 

 very docile horses, and the line of " Prime Minister " is 

 valuable as one of the few direct lines from Melbourne. 



The sire, however, that got the largest number of 

 winners was " Speculum," by '•' Vedette," every one of his 

 stock being able to win some kind of race. He was dark 

 bay in colour, and an extraordinary stout horse himself, 

 winning the City and Suburban as a three-year-old, and 

 running third for the Derby and second for the Ascot 

 Cup, besides winning the Brighton and Goodwood 

 Cups. He only sired one Derby winner, " Sefton," 

 but his winners were legion, and " Hesper," " Advance," 

 " Kaleidoscope," " Castlereagh " (sire of " Why Not," 

 winner of the Liverpool Steeplechase, and of " Clorane," 

 winner of the Lincolnshire Handicap, under 9 stone, 4 lb. 

 the heaviest weight ever carried to victory in it), and 

 " Kosebery " (the first dual winner of the Cfesarewitch and 

 Cambridgeshire) are only a few names of the great horses 

 that called him sire. All his stock could jump, too, 

 and had very hardy constitutions, while he invariably 

 transmitted to them his great muscular power and his 

 charming "quality." Though standing 16 hands, he 

 scarcely looked the height, as he was of the compact 

 order and very sturdy, while his vigour was extraordinary. 

 " Crowberry," his grandson, a horse perhaps unlucky to 

 lose the Derby, has given us already some good horses, 

 and with him and the flying " Amphion," both sons 

 of " Eosebery," to represent the line, the name of 

 " Speculum " seems likely to live in pedigrees for a 

 long time to come. 



