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The Living Animals of the World 



A perfect English tborongbbre'l. 



Witl. this ; 



iu is;i4. 



[;i«/„. 



er Lord Rusehery won tiie Derb}- 



tliirst ; and is fleet, -with a high 

 and graceful acti(jn. The barb takes 

 its name from its native land — 

 Barbary. It is a larger breed tlian 

 the Arab. 



Levant and Persian Horses. 



These are very closely allied to 

 the Arab, but generally of larger 

 size ; and in Southern Persia, at least, 

 less delicately framed. The Turkoman 

 horses are related to those of Northern 

 Persia. 



The ExtJLisH Eace-horse. 



This animal is the product of 

 very careful selection and gradual 

 improvement of an original native 

 breed, extending over several centuries. 

 Long since, so long ago as the reign 

 of James I., it had reached a high 

 degree of excellence. 



I'pon this native stock there has 

 been built up, by the infusion of Arab blood, the swiftest horse which the world has ever 

 known — the Bkitish Thorough bred. " Of this breed, it may be stated," says JMr. Allison, 

 " that e\'ery such animal in the stud-l30ok of the jjresent day, in this country or any other, 

 descends . . . from one of tliree original Eastern sires — the Darley Aralnan, the Byerley Turk, 

 or the Uodolphin Arabian." This is an extremely interesting fact, and constitutes a lasting 

 monument to the enterprise and acumen of the British horse-breeder. 



The Byerley Turk hailed from 

 the Levant, and was introduced by 

 Captain Byerley about 1689. From 

 the Byerley Turk came Herod, the 

 most celebrated of his descendants, 

 wlio lias given rise to the Herod line, 

 which to-day is but feebly represented. 

 The Godolphin Arabian, or the 

 Godolphin Barb, was born about 1724. 

 From his grandson Matchem is derived 

 the Matchem line, which is also to-day 

 bordering on extinction. 



The Darley Arabian carries us 



back to the I'eign of Queen Anne. 



Flying Childers and Bartlett's Childers 



are directly descended from him ; and 



from the latter is descended Eclipse, 



the fastest horse which the turf has 



ever known. It is interesting to note 



that the descendants in the Eclipse 



iiF,sAa,r, a-.a: lins euormously outnumber those of 



PLORizm. II. the other two lines which we have con- 



oue of the Kintr's ruciDg-stua. sidered. Of his descendants, one of the 



Photo hij C. Jieidl 



