and winners ''Precipitate" and ''Gohanna." Mare No. 2 (Hap- 

 hazzard. Dam, daughter of Tantrum). In addition to these im- 

 portations the "Records of the Cape Colony" No. 416 mentions that 

 36 more horses of the same description were imported either by 

 private individuals or horse agents. Fuller details, however, are 

 not obtainable. 



The colonists were so pleased and satisfied with Sir Charles' 

 good idea to use the Thoroughbred as a sire for the ennobling of the 

 country-bred horses that the importation of good stallions was con- 

 tinued, and the decade 1820-30 brought such notables to our shores : 



1. Skipper (Scud). 2. Scippio (Filho da Puta — great grand- 

 sire of Gaines' Denmark 1850, the founder of the Kentucky Saddle 

 horse). *^ 3. Battledore (Sir Oliver). These were followed in 

 1830-40 by 1. Protector (Defence). 2. O'Connell (Young Emi- 

 lius). 3. Rococo (Cetus). 4. Lindley (Banker). 5. Humpfrey 

 (Filho da Puta). 6. Squirrel (Cain), etc. Most of these horses 

 were bought at a price which was then considered very high, and 

 seldom paid thirty years later. 



During the decade 1840-50 the government of the Cape of 

 Good Hope imported several stallions which had stood at stud in 

 England, and could show progeny that became famous on the rac3 

 course and in their turn sired many great winners, and are to this 

 day in the pedigree of the famous winners. They were : 



1. Tally-Ho (Emilus — Merlin — Misrule). 2. Gorhambury 

 (Buzzard — Woodpecker — Herod. Dam, Brocard — Whalebone — 

 Darley — Arabian). 3. Orion (Bay Middleton — Silvertail — Gohan- 

 na— Herod). 4. Ruff (Jerry). 5. Flytrap (Bay Middleton. 6. 

 Moscow (Muley Maloch). 7. Middleman (Muley Maloch). 8. 

 Peter the Hermit (Gladiator). 9. Evenus (Alpheus — De Poca 

 hontas), etc. Middleman won the Liverpool and St. Leger. Ev- 

 enus won the Royal Hunt Cup and Cambridgshire Races, as the prop- 

 erty of Earl of Stradbroke. All others mentioned were noted win- 

 ners. Besides these stallions there were also imported during this 

 famous decade — the roll of which may be set down as the best of all 

 time — some younger stallions. Among them the following shine 

 out: 



1. Sponge (Apmeck- — sire of Express, a great winner). 2 

 Winchelsea. 3. Fancy Bay. 4. Eleusis. 5. Sir Lancelot, 6. 

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