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brown’s sketches and 
Smith's Observations on Breeding 
for the Turf. 
HoneywoocTs 
Was the property of Sir John 
Williams. He was the sire of the two 
True Blues, which were both in very 
high form. The elder was the best 
plate horse in England of his time. 
It is supposed this Arabian did not 
cover any other full-blood mares ex¬ 
cept the dam of the True Blues. 
Biographical Sketches. 
White Arabian 
Was the sire of the two True Blues, 
both animals of very high form. The 
elder of these was the best plate horse 
in England of his day. This Arabian 
w as the property of Sir JohnWilliams, 
and is supposed never to have covered 
any other full-blood mares, except 
the dam of the True Blues. 
The Lonsdale Bay Arabian 
The property of Lord Lonsdale. Was the property of Lord Lons- 
He was sire of his Lordship's dale, and sire to Monkey, Jigg, 
Monkey, Spider, Jigg, Juba, Cyrus, Spider, Juba, Ivouli Khan, Cyrus, 
Kouli Khan, Ugly, Nathan, Sultan, Ugly, Sultan, Nathan, and others, 
and several others. 
Cum multis aliis. This is not, and cannot be ri^ht. 
Our author next considers the different breeds of foreign 
horses, and then the varieties of the English horse, the racer, 
the hunter, the hackney, &c. &c. He describes the conformation 
of each, and relates many and interesting anecdotes of them. 
We select a few not generally known. 
The first is an unparalleled example of the possibility of sus¬ 
taining life without food :— 
“ A colt, the property of Mr. Edward Lemin, of Truro, in 
October, 1793, fell into a shaft, four fathoms deep, where it re¬ 
mained for one month before it was discovered : it was taken up 
alive and unhurt, though in a very emaciated state, and, by 
proper treatment, perfectly recovered. It was impossible that 
it could have received the least food or water whilst it was in 
the shaft. 1 ’—Page 319. 
That many animals are sensible of the “ concord of sweet 
sounds” we have various instances on record. Captain Brown 
adds another, communicated by an intimate friend :— 
“ During the course of last summer, I had occasion to walk 
through the grounds of the Duke of Buccleuch, at Dalkeith. 
I thought I would leave the road , and cross a field for the 
purpose of seeing some of his Grace's hunters, which were at 
grass. Accordingly, proceeding to the field where the horses 
were, I endeavoured to approach near them, but found them 
rather shy. It struck me that I would try the effect of sounding 
a small musical instrument which I had purchased a few days 
before, called, I believe, the ‘ mouth Eolian harp.’ On sound¬ 
ing the chord from this instrument, such of the horses as were 
