come all prejudice that may have existed and did exist a little more 

 than half a century ago before the "Grand Trio" and other sires 

 both Barbs and Arabs came to clear it all away. The English 

 ' ' blood horse ' ' has become thoroughly established and popular with 

 all sections of the community. We can therefore safely take for 

 granted that these stallions were Thoroughbreds or at least descend- 

 ents of the Oriental horses whose names were household words in 

 England and also abroad. Referring to writers on the horse at 

 that time in England we find that the term "Thoroughbred" does 

 not occur anywhere. It does not occur in the early volumes of the 

 Racing Calendar, nor in other works relating to the turf. It does 

 not occur in the Sporting Magazine of 1805, wherein we read of the 

 shipment to Russia of "Stallions of the first blood and celebrity." 

 In an 1806 issue there is a remark about stallions covering "thor- 

 oughbred mares" distinguishing them from "hunting" and "coun- 

 try" mares.''" Fi'om Laurence in his "History and Deliniation of 

 the Horse" we have the following: "All horses intended for this 

 purpose (racing) must be thoroughbreds, i. e. both their sires and 

 dams must be of the purest Asiatic and African coursers exclus- 

 ively and be attested in an authentic pedigree." 



More light happily is thrown on the descendants of these horses 

 and probably on themselves too by Lichtenstein.'"' With his usual 

 thoroughness he describes one of the farms where the expedition 

 recuperated for several days. 



"Mr. Van Reenen," he writes, "also exhibited to us some of 

 the finest horses of his stud. The stallion was a beautiful 'national 

 English horse' (national Eiiglander) which Mr. van Reenen has 

 obtained from England with great difficulty and expense." He 

 further mentions that during the English occupation of the Cape 

 (1795-1803) several English stallions were imported. Besides Mr. 

 van Reenen, he remembers four other colonists who have shared in 

 this importation. They do not seem to have regretted their pur- 

 chases, since their stock shows a remarkable improvement. "In 

 fact," he remarks, "much seems to be expected for the improvement 

 and development of horse breeding in this locality, as is judged 

 from the excellent foals which were shown us." 



These remarks refer to a stud near Capetown in the present dis- 

 trict of Malmesbury, still a famous district for good horses to-day. 



(.35) Sir Walter Gilbey " Homes — Breeding to Colour. 1907. 

 (36) Eeinrich Litchtenstein Seisen in Sudlichen Afrika. ISll. 



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