78 THE DIFFERENT BREEDS OF ENGLISH HORSES, 



broke down-the suspensory ligaments failing in both legs. He did not con- 

 tinue lame; but the enlargement of the fetlock, and the traces of^the iron, 

 plainly indicated that he could no longer be depended upon as a racer 



We are also gratified in being enabled to present our readers with a portrait 

 of that beautiful and almost unrivalled mare Fleur-de-Lis, by the same artist 



FLFUH-DK-LIS. 



She was bred by Sir M. W. Ridley, in 1822, and was got by Bourbon, the 

 son of Sorcerer, out of Lady Rachel, by Stamford — her dam, Young Rachel, by 

 Volunteer, out of Rachel, sister to Maid of All Work, and by both the sire and 

 the dam was descended from Highflyer. Bourbon started twenty-three times, 

 out of which he was successful seventeen times ; and carried off two classes of 

 the Newmarket October Oatland stakes, the Claret, the Craven, and the Trial, 

 beside 4130 guineas in specie. 



She was the finest mare in form and size ever produced in England. She 

 stood fully sixteen hands, and had extraordinary good legs, and feet that 

 never failed. Her speed was good, but her forte was distance. Independent 

 of her being so fine a mare in every other respect, her chest was one of 

 extraordinary capacity in an animal or such unusual depth in the girthing 

 place. 



She first appeared on the turf at three years old, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 

 for the twenty-five guineas sweepstakes — one mile — and beat her four com- 

 petitors. 



* He then covered at the Royal Stud, 

 Hampton Court, until that establishment 

 was sold at the death of William IV. He 

 was purchased by Mr. Tattersall, at the sale, 

 for 1550 guineas, who sent him to his present 

 owners, a stud company in Russia. 



He possessed great speed ; but his progeny, 



like himself, were deficient in that stoutness 

 so essential to a real good horse. D'Egville, 

 Posthaste, Toothill, r.nd The Drummer were 

 some of the most successful of hia stock. On 

 the whole, he could not be considered aa hav- 

 ing always realised the expectations of those 

 "who put mares to him. 



