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accomplished it on fourteen horses ; but on one day he was compelled to ride 

 a hundred and sixty miles, on account of the tiring of his first horse. 



Mr. Hull's Quibbler, however, afforded the most extraordinary instance on 

 record, of the stoutness as well as speed of the race-horso. In December 1786, 

 he ran twenty- three miles round the flat at Newmarket, iu fifty-seven minutes 

 and ten seconds 



Eclipse was got by Marsk, a grandson of Bartlett's Childers *- He 

 was bred by the Duke of Cumberland, and sold at his death to Mr. 



* The pedigree of Eclipse affords a singular illustration of the descent of our thorough-bred 

 horses from pure Eastern blood : — 



f Darlcy Arabian 

 f BartlC "' 8 Childm -i Bet , y L.ed, (CareU.slsha^erlBarb Mare. 

 'Squirt . .< i" ("Lister Turk 



Dam of Snake . . .< Daughter "),-..„( D'Arcey White Turk. 



L Caroline and Shock < I of Hautboy J waulD °y \ Royal Mare. 



Dauf*- 

 l of Ha 



Daughter of. 



/"Regains 



Spiletta I 



JiSX.'} Ha » tb °'- 



f Hutton's Bay Turk. r 



,-IIutton'sBlackLegs-, f'Coneyskins -, Lister Turk. 



t Daughter of < V 



(.Daughter oH Hautboy. 

 ("Clumsy . .< Hautboy. 

 f Fox Cub-< \ 



(.Daughter of \ Leeds Arabian- 

 '-Daughter of < L f 



T ConeyskinB* Lister Turk, 

 L Daughter of-i > 



{Daughter of| Hutton's Grey Barb 

 TGodolphin Arabian 

 < ("Bald Galloway 



1 



(.Daughter of< f Snake] 

 (.Daughter of^ \ 



Lister Turk. 

 iOld Wilkes, by Hautboy. 



C Smith's Son of Snake 

 Mother Western -, r 



LOld Montague < Daughter of Hautboy. 



The pedigree of Eclipse will likewise afford Cumberland's stud for a mere trifle, and was 



another curious illustration of the uncer- suffered to run almost wild on the New 



tainty which attends thorough-bred horses. Forest. He was afterwards purchased for one 



Marsk was sold at the sale of the Duke of thousand guineas, and before his death covered 



