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First and Andover were fine combinations of it with 

 Defence, and tended to make the Defence mares 

 exceedingly valuable. We remember hearing Mr. 

 William Etwall say, that it was from a firm convic- 

 tion that he could not fail to " hit the blood" that he 

 sent his "sister to iEgis" to Bay Middleton in 1850; 

 and his idea of its being the proper cross was so 

 much confirmed when he saw Andover as a yearling, 

 that he sent the mare to him five times running. 

 The late Duke of Grafton was nearly as fond of the 

 smart Reubens' blood as he was of Waxy's ; and in 

 short, as a writer has well expressed it, " every page 

 of the Calendar tends to fix this on the breeder's 

 memory — that the Waxy blood, crossed with that of 

 Selim, Reubens, and Castrel, invariably runs." Alex- 

 ander's has always been a very sterling blood, and 

 there has been no finer cross in modern days than 

 that between Tramp and Waverley, which was united 

 in old Inheritress. Don John was fathered on both 

 of them, but the story goes, that his dam turned from 

 Tramp, and that she was then sent by her groom, on 

 his own responsibility, to Waverley. The luck of this 

 mare was very remarkable, as she foaled Don John, 

 and Hetman Platoff by Brutandorf, in successive 

 seasons. 



Penelope, Banter, a Canopus mare, and Gooseander 

 all threw a brace of Epsom or St. Leger winners to 

 the same horse ; while Emma, Arcot Lass, and Bar- 

 belle had equal success to different ones. Queen 

 Mary has also been alike lucky whether she visited 

 Melbourne's, Annandale's, lago's, Mosstrooper's or 

 " Mango and Lanercost's " paddocks. Mandane has 

 also quite a claim to rank with Prunella ; and never 

 was luck more strange than when Mr. Watt purchased 

 her and her yearling, the St. Leger-winning Altisi- 

 dora, along with Petuaria, Tramp, Manuella, &c., in 

 one lot from Mr. Hewett. This prime daughter of 

 Pot-8-os is not onlv credited with Altisidora bv Dick 



