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to Godolphin: "Figure commune; jarrets droits et 

 mauvais ; vaillaine croup ; il trot mal. ( Conformation 

 ordinary; hocks bad and straight; ugly croup; 

 he trots badly.) The inspection of 1813 revealed 

 that he was "common horse and without quality." 

 Inspection of 1815 was followed by this report: 

 "Grodolphin, Mecklenburg saddle horse; nothing dis- 

 tinguished about him; low croup; strong limbs; 

 action passable." 



At the inspection of 1819 we find this of Godol- 

 phin: "This horse has ceased to serve at the Haras 

 du Pin; his croup is common; middlepiece well-made; 

 head good; action altogether bad. To be deplaced. 

 I propose to send him to Abbeville." This horse 

 does not appear again in the inspections of succeed- 

 ing years. His color is given as "alezan dore" 

 (golden chestnut) ! It appears, therefore, that it was 

 not until after 1818 that Godolphin ceased to serve 

 at Le Pin. He was then sixteen years old, and was 

 about to be "deplaced" as no longer suitable, and 

 it was proposed that he be sent to Abbeville in the 

 department of La Somme.* 



*Lest a query be raised in this connection as to possible con- 

 fusion with the celebrated stallion Godolphin Arabian, of English 

 fame, the following particulars are. submitted. Attention is called 

 to the dates. These, of course, show that the Godolphin Arabian 

 died long years before the Godolphin of our story came upon the 

 scene. 



Godolphin Arabian, like the Byerly Turk and the Darley 

 Arabian, was one of the main sources of improvement which led 

 to the establishment of the Thoroughbred as a breed. His earlier 

 career is shrouded in more or less mystery, but it is fairly well 

 established that he was a Barb of rather common origin and 

 appearance, and not a true Arabian. Though there is no authentic 

 account of his foaling, he is supposed to have seen the light in 

 Barbary in 1724, his age having been clearly stated as seven in 

 1731. It is not known who originally took him from his native 



