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of an old breed are the certainty with which they repro- 

 duce themselves. We know, for example, how marked is 

 the Arab character in the foal one of whose parents is an 

 Arab ; and the appearance of a black coat may certainly 

 be regarded as a " throw back " to some ancestor, more 

 or less remote. 



No fewer than four of the " foundation grandsires " 

 are blacks ; and of the i6 winners of the 23 Champion 

 Cups three have been blacks — namely, Vulcan, i88g and 

 1891 ; Bury Victor Chief, 1892 and 1894 ; and Present 

 King II., in igo6. 



Among the prize-winning sons of the grey Lincolnshire 

 Lad II. (1365), were the brown Harold (3703) and the 

 roan Lincolnshire Boy (3188). Harold begot a black son, 

 Prince Harold (14228), out of the bay Hale Lofty as 

 before mentioned. 



The bay Prince William (3956), son of the brown 

 William the Conqueror, had two prize-winning sons — one 

 the black Lockinge Albert (15695), out of the brown 

 Forest Queen. The brown Prince Victor (5287), son of 

 ' the bay Lincoln (1350), got the black Bury Victor Chief 

 (11 105) out of the brown Daisy. 



On the other hand, the black sire fails to bequeath 

 his colour more often than not. Prince Harold (14228), 

 above referred to, has seven prize-winning sons to his 

 credit, and of these only two — Hendre Baronet (16714), 

 out of the black Hendre Baroness and Xerxes II. (15943) 

 — were blacks. The black Vulcan (4145) got three prize- 

 winning sires, only one of which was black — namely, 

 Scylax (8177), out of the bay Gyp — the other two being 

 bay and brown respectively. Scylax got one prize- 

 winning son, and he was a bay. Bury Victor Chief 

 also got three prize-winning sons, and only one of 

 theser— Rocks Commander (16924), out of the bay 



