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185 THE RACE-HORSE.] HORSE 185 Paulowitz (1813), Cain (1822), Ion (1835), Wild Dayrcll (1852), and liis son Buccaneer (1857) bring down Sir Paul s blood ; whilst Walton is represented through Phantom (1806), Partisan (1811) and his sons Glaucus (1829) and Venison (1833) and Gladiator (1833), Venison s sons Alarm (1842) and Kingston (1849), Gladiator s son Sweetmeat (1842), Sweetmeat s sons Macaroni (1860) and Parmesan (1857), and Parmesan s sons Favonius (1868) and Cremorne (1869). It may be added that in the first volume of the Stud-Book there are nearly a hundred Herod and Highflyer mares registered. 3. The&quot; Godolphin Barb is represented by Matchem, as the former was the sire of Cade (1734), and Cade begat Matchem, who was foaled in 1748. He was thus ten years the senior of Herod, repre senting the Byerly Turk, and sixteen years before Eclipse, though long subsequent to Flying Childcrs, who represent the Darley Arabian. Matchem was&quot; a brown bay horse with some white on his off hind heel, about 15 hands high, bred by Sir John Holme of Carlisle, and sold to Mr W. Fenwick of Bywell, Northumberland. His dam was sister to Miss Partner (1735) by Partner out of Brown Farewell by Makeless (son of the Oglethorpe Arabian) from a daughter of Brimmer out of Trumpet s dam, by Place s White Turk from a daughter of the Barb Dodsworth and a Layton Barb mare ; while Brimmer was by D Arcy s Yellow Turk from a royal inare. Matchem commenced his racing career on the 2d of August 1753, and terminated it on 1st September 1758. Out of thirteen engage ments he won eleven and lost two. He died in 1781, aged thirty- three years. His best son was Conductor (1767) out of a mare by Snap ; Conductor was the sire of Trumpator (1782), whose two sons, Sorcerer (1790) and Paynator (1791), transmit the blood of the Godolphin down to modern times. Sorcerer was the sire of Sooth sayer (1808), Comus (1809), and Smolensko (1810). Comus was the sire of Humphrey Clinker (1822), whose son was Melbourne (1834), sire of West Australian (1850) and of many valuable mares, including Canezou (1845) and Blink Bonny (1854), dam of Blair Athol. Paynator was the sire of Dr Syntax (1811), who had a celebrated daughter called Beeswing (1833), dam of Newminster by Touchstone. The gems of the three lines may be briefly enumerated thus : (1) of the Darley Arab s line Snap, Shuttle, Waxy, and Orville the stoutest blood on the turf ; (2) of the Byerly Turk s line Buzzard and Sir Peter speedy blood, the latter the stouter of the two ; (3) of the Godolphin Barb s line Sorcerer often pro ducing large-sized animals, but showing a tendency to die out, and becoming rare. On the principle that as a rule like begets like, it has been the practice to select as sires the best public performers on the turf, and of two horses of like blood it is sound sense to choose the better as against the inferior public performer. But there can be little doubt that the mating of mares with horses has been often pursued on a haphazard plan, or on no system at all ; to this the Stud-Book testifies too plainly. Recently more attention seems to be paid to the successful blending of certain strains of blood, though it cannot be said that more than two or three really first class horses are produced each year. The following is a list of the principal sires whose progeny find a place among the winners of the three great races, the Derby (D), Oaks (O), and St Leger (L) : Eclijisc: Young Eclipse (D), Saltram (D), Sergeant (D), Annette (0). Herod: Bridget (0), Faith (0), Maid of the Oaks (0), Phenomenon (L). Match-on : Teetotum (0), Hollandaisc (L). Florizcl (son of Herod): Diomed (D), Eager (D), Tartar (L), Ninety- three (L). Highflyer: Noble (D), Sir Peter Teazle (D), Skyscraper (D), Violiinte (0), Omphale (L), Cowslip (L), Spadille (L), Y oung Flora (L). Pot-8-os: Waxy(D), Champion (0, L), Tyrant (D), Nightshade (0). Sir Peter (D) : Sir Harry (I)), Archduke (D), Ditto (D), Paris (D), Hermione (0), Parasite (0), Ambrosio (L), Fyldener (L), Paulina (L), Pctronius (L). Waxij (D): Pope (D), Whalebone (D), Blucher (D), Whisker (D), Music (0), Minuet (0), Corinne (0). Whalebone (D) : Moses (D), Lapdog (D), Spaniel (D), Caroline ). Wofid: Augusta (0), Zinc (0), Theodore (L). Whisker (D) : Memnon (L), The Colonel (L). Phantom: Cedric (D), Middleton (D), Cobweb (0). Orville (L) : Octavius (D), Emilius (D), Kbor (L). Tramp: St Giles (D), Dangerous (D), Barefoot (L). Emilius (D) : Priam (D), Plenipotentiary (D), Oxygen (0), Mango (L). Priam (D): Miss Seltz (0), Industry (0), Crucifix (0). JSir Hercules : Coronation (D), Faugh-a-Ballagh (L), Birdcatcher (L). Touchstone (L) : Cotherstone (D), Orlando (D), Surplice (I), L), Mendicant (O), Blue Bonnet (L), Newminster (L). BirdcatcJicr (L) : Daniel O Rourke (D), Songstress (O), Knight of St George (L), Warlock (L), The Baron (L). The Baron (L) : Stockvvell (L). Melbourne : AVest Australian (D, L), Blink Bonny (D, 0 SirTatton Sykes (L). Newminster (L) : Musjid (D), Hermit (D), Lord Clifdc-n (L). Sweetmeat : Macaroni (D), Mincemeat (O), Mincepie (O). Stockwell (L) : Blair Athol (1), L), LordLyon(D, L), Doncaster (D), Eegalia (0), St Albans (L), Caller Ou (L), The Marquis (L), Achievement (L). King Tom : Kingcraft (D), Tormentor (0), Hippia (0), Hannah (0, L). Jlataplan (son of the Baron) : Kettledrum (D). Monarque: Gladiateur (D, L). Parmesan (son of Sweetmeat) : Favonius (D), Cremorne (D). Buccaneer: Kisber (D), Formosa (0, L), Brigantine (0). Lord Clifden (L) : Jannette(0, L), Hawthornden (L), AVenlock (L), Petrarch (L). Adcenturer : Pretender (D), Apology (0, L), Wheel of Fortune (0). Blair Athol (D, L) : Silvio (D, L), Craig Millar (L). The successes of the St Leger winners, the Baron and his son Stockwell and his grandson Blair Athol, as well as of Touchstone and his son Newminster and his grandsons Lord Clifden and Adventurer, as stud horses, are more marked than perhaps those of any others in the annals of the turf, except Waxy and his descendants, of whom Whalebone is perhaps the best. Indeed the most successful cross of modern times is the double cross of Whalebone, the &quot; ready money &quot; cross as it is called, which is arrived at by inter mixing the descendants of Whalebone through Sir Hercules, Birdcatcher, the Baron, Stockwell, Rataplan, Camel, Touch stone, Newminster, and Adventurer. Isonomy, by Sterling, son of Oxford by Birdcatcher, is a case in point ; he is one of the best and best bred horses of the century. He has no less than five strains of Whalebone and seven of Waxy in his pedigree, as well as one of Shuttle, the scarcest blood of all. In regard to mares it has very frequently turned out that animals which were brilliant public performers have been far less successful as dams than others which were comparatively valueless as runners. Beeswing, a brilliant public performer, gave birth to a good horse in Newminster ; the same maybe said of Alice Hawthorn, dam of Thormanby, of Canezou, dam of Fazzoletto, of Crucifix, dam of Surplice, and of Blink Bonny, dam of Blair Athol ; but many of the greatest winners have dropped nothing worth training. On the other hand, there are mares of little or no value as racers who have become the mothers of some of the most celebrated horses on the turf ; among them we may cite Queen Mary, Pocahontas, and Paradigm. Queen Mary, who was by Gladiator out of a daughter of Plenipotentiary and Myrrha by Whalebone, when mated with Melbourne produced Blink Bonny (winner of the Derby and Oaks) ; when mated with Mango and Lanercost she produced Haricot, dam of Caller Ou (winner of the St Leger). Pocahontas, perhaps the most remarkable mare in the Stud- fiook, never won a race on the turf, but threw Stockwell and Rataplan to the Baron, son of Birdcatcher, King Tom to Harkaway, Knight of St Patrick to Knight of St George, and Knight of Kars to Nutwith all these horses being 16 hands high and upwards, while Pocahontas was a long, low mare of about 15 hands or a trifle more. She also gave birth to Ayacanora by Birdcatcher, and to Araucaria by Ambrose, both very valuable brood mares, Araucaria being the dam of Chamant by Mortemer, and of Rayon d Or by Flageolet, son of Plutus by Touchstone. Paradigm again produced, among several winners of more or less celebrity, Lord Lyon (winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, and St Leger) and Achievement (winner of the St Leger), both being by Stockwell. Another mare that has become famous was Manganese (1853) by Birdcatcher from Moon beam by Tomboy from Lunatic by the Prime Minister from Maniac by Shuttle. Manganese when mated with Rataplan XII. 24