182 REMARKS ON THE PEDIGREES OF HORSES. 
Touchstone, Melbourn, Bay Middleton, and Epirus. Touchstone 
would already come into the foregoing list, he being the sire of 
Cotherstone, who is already the sire of many winners. Touch- 
stone is by Camel ; Melbourn by Humphrey Clinker ; Comus by 
Sorcerer, Bay Middleton by Sultan, Selim by Buzzard — Wood- 
pecker — Herod. Epirus — Langar — Selim, &c. 
It will, of course, in deriving the maternal side of a pedigree, 
be perceived, that the circumstances are very dissimilar — the 
influence of a sire being much greater than that of a dam. The 
former may get fifty foals in one year, and for several years 
together ; whereas, we know that the mare produces but one 
foal in the year, and may be very uncertain in either producing 
or rearing this single produce. 
But, to elucidate the derivation of the maternal side from the 
same sources, the Barb and the Arab, I will take three of our 
most celebrated mares of the present day, viz. Barbelle, Cru- 
cifix, and Emma, respectively the dams of the Flying Dutch- 
man, Surplice, and Cotherstone. 
Dam of the TwoTrue Burton, barb m. D’Arcy, blk. legged 
Blues 
Dicky Pierson, m. 
royal m. 
Byerly mare 
Brimmer, m. 
Dun Arabian, m. 
Honey wood’s Ara- 
Makeless 
Miss Slammerkin 
bian mare 
Croft, bay barb m. 
Mr. Fenwick’s Du- 
Bartlett’s Childers 
Woodcock, m. 
chess 
mare 
Old Partner, m. 
Pyrrha 
Miss Belsea 
Miss Makeless 
Beatrice 
Elfrida 
Old Traveller, m. 
Vicissitude 
Editha 
Lass of the Mill 
Gibside Fairy 
Pot-8-os mare 
Atalanta 
Emma 
Selima 
Flora 
Darioletta 
Zara 
Barbelle 
Shuttle, m. 
Octaviana 
Crucifix 
The tracing of pedigrees to their original source is more a 
matter of curiosity than utility; although I have heard it re- 
marked, that the Flying Dutchman derives his good qualities 
from the Two True Blues. But in these days, so far distant, 
surely it can lead to no practical results ; convinced as we must 
be, that the produce of our day is an animal in every way 
greatly superior to the class of animals whence he is derived. 
I have always contended that we are much, if not wholly, 
indebted to racing in this country for the superiority of our 
breed. It is the trial that in the first instance indicates the 
worth of the horse, and proves to us qualifications which are not 
