THE THOROUGHBRED 
M ORE than two hundred years ago, three fine 
horses, to which all modern Thoroughbreds 
trace their ancestry, were imported into England. 
These were the Byerly Turk, imported in 1689, the 
Darley Arabian, in 1706, and the Godolphin Barb, 
about 1724. The Thoroughbred is one of the oldest of 
the improved breeds of horses known today, and is used 
for racing on turf and track. 
The fame of the English Thoroughbred spread. 
About the time of George Washington, the people in 
this country sent to England for several of these Thor¬ 
oughbreds so they could raise fine race horses of their 
own. The first on record to come to America was Bulle 
Rock, a son of the Darley Arabian. He was brought 
over to Virginia in 1730, and many more English Thor¬ 
oughbreds followed later. 
Man o’ War (1917) was one of the greatest of Ameri¬ 
can race horses. Known affectionately as “Big Red”, 
he raced in 1919 and 1920, and later was retired to a 
