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were called — as well as stallions, had for its principal 

 result the foundation of the breed which, a hundred and 

 fifty years later, came to be called " Thoroughbred " — the 

 term, as already said, denoting horses which traced their 

 descent from Arabs and Barbs and the "Royal mares" 

 imported by Charles II. 



I have reviewed at some length elsewhere * the 

 importations of stallions and Royal mares during the 

 period above referred to, and the influence of these on 

 the horse-breeding industry of the time. It is, therefore, 

 unnecessary to go farther into the matter here. 



The earlier numbers of the Racing Calendar contain 

 much information concerning the stallions then serving. 

 This is to be found in the advertisements of covering 

 sires, which set out particulars of the horse's pedigree, 

 racing record, height, colour, &c., &c. These describe 

 horses serving in nearly all parts of England, Ireland, and 

 Scotland. 



Original Colour of Race- Horses 



The following has been compiled from notes made 

 in course of recent researches into the colour question, 

 in so far as it relates to race-horses. Bearing in mind 

 the all-important fact that horses, like other animals and 

 like birds in the natural state, transmit their distinctive 

 colours to their progeny, and that the colour or colours 

 of any given species remain "constant" from generation 

 to generation (with occasional " freaks " or " sports," 

 which are peculiar to the individual), it will be well 

 first to review what is known of this subject. 



The original wild horse was, without doubt, of a 



* Thoroughbred and other Ponies (pp. I20 and seq.) By Sir Walter 

 GiLEEY, Bart. Vinton & Co., London. 1903. 



