Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-15
BLUE BLOODED HORSES
Where the Thorougabreds Got
 Their Speed and Stamina.
A KING's WORK FOR TURF SPORT.

James Promulgated the First Rules For
 Racing and Gave the Sport of Kings
 His Royal Countenance-Diomgd, Glen
 COG and Other Famous old Time Sires.
 The thoroughbred horse had his origin iii 6 combination of Arabian, Barb and Turkish blood. He was developed to his present beauty, strength and speed by the favorable conditions of climate, generous feeding and judicious crossing under the protection and encouragement of ths roy; alty and nobility of England. The Herod blood, now so highly prized, represents the Byerly Turk, the sire of Jigg, sire of Part ner, sire of Tartar, sire of Herod. Match em blood is descended from the Godolphin Arabian CBarb) who sired Cade, sire of Matchem, sire of Conductor, sire of 1mper- ator, sire of Trumpeter, sire of Sorcerer The Eclipse blood comes from the Darley Arabian, sire of Bartlett's Childers, sire of Squirt, sire of Marske, sire of Eclipse who sired King Fergus, Mercury, Volun- teer, Dungannon and others equally fa- nous. The names of these horses will be found in the pedigrees of all the most prominent race horses of tho present day.
 James I was the first to promulgate rules for the regulation of horse racing. He had established contests for speed in Scotland; and seeing the benefits to be de- rived from such tests in the way of im- provement in the speed and endurance of horses at once took steps on ascending the throne of England to give racing the royal 6ountenanec. The Turkish and Barb blood, so freely used with the English mares to produce horses suited for the turf, had effected but little gain in the way of speed, and Jamcs in looking about for new blood to give increased speed and stamina5 determined to try the Arabian blood for his outcross. James purchased splendid speel imen of the Arabian horse for a large sum from a merchant named Markham, but the Duke of Newcastle, then an aU1- thority on the horsc took violent dislike to tho Arabian and wrote q book against his use in the stud. Notwithstanding the failure of the Arabian to take with the English, James very soon after purchased the celebrated White Turk, shortly fol- lowed by tho Duke of Buckingham S Heln1- ley Turk and Fairfax's Morocco Barb. Such blood speedily effected a change in tho character of the English racer, and when Charles ascended the throne he es- tablishcd regular race meetings at Hyde Park and Newmarket.
 The civil wars somewhat retarded the improvement of tho blood horse, but the advantages derived from a light and active cavalry were apparent to both parties. As Soon as Cromwell had the reins of power thoroughly ill hand he at once established a racing stud and did all in his power to promote the interests of the running horse throughout the kingdom. Charles IT., with his natural love for gayety and dissi- patton, turned at once toward tho excite mcnts of the turf, giving royal plates to be contested for at each of the race courses. Much new blood, chiefly Barb and Turk if the careless records arc to bo trusted, was brought into England during the rein of Charles II.
 Tho thoroughbred, as then known, had at that date been marVelOuSly improved in speed and stamina and the superiority of tho native stock over tho imported horses was very apparent to those interested. The horse of that period is described as ono of rare beauty of form with good speed and great StOutncSS, with fine constitution. The breeders were far from satisfied, and all kinds of attempts were made to get | colts with better speed. Travellers from the east would relate tales of the wonder ful speed and stamina of the despisod Arabian-despised as the book of the Duke of Newcastle, written nearly 100 years | before, still affected the opinions of the horscmrn. A Mir. Darlcy, in the latter part of Queen Annc's reign, determined to | try the Arabian blood, and through his | brother purchased in the desert of Palmyra | what is now known as the parent of our l best racing stock, the Darley Arabian. | The old cuts of this wonderful horse show | him to have possessed almost every require | incnt of great turf performer, even meas | urcd by tho strict standard of today. II Is to his get moro than to that of any oth' l CT horse that VIC arc indebted for the thor l oughbred of the present day.
 l With o vnrv hycnDfiOOS i'm thE case of Sampson and Bay Nation, each, al l though tho best horses of their day, with | trace of vulgar blood, tho thoroughbred horse of today is the result of English skill l and English climate working upon cast ern blood. For the past 100 years tho strictcst kind of attention has been giver to pedigree, and no pains has been spared | to have the blood pure. Great attention was paid to stamina, as all the racing il England until 25 or 30 years ago was wha is known as heat racing. Some marvel ous statements arc made regarding th' speed and stoutness of the old thorough bred. Flying Childcrs is reported to hay, l run trial over the round course at New market 3 miles, 6 furlongs and 93 yards il minutes 40 seconds, while Eclipse i l claimed to have been the fastest horse tha ever ran at Newmarket. He was neve beaten, frequently carrying 16S pounds il l four milo heats.
 The first thoroughbred horse landed il America came to the shores of Virginia, il those days tho recognized homo of tn thoroughbred. Into that state came sucl horses as Medley, Shark, Bedford, Prian and Diomed, the winner of the first Eng fish Derby and the greatest stallion eve brought here. His blood courses in tn veins of nearly every famous horse tha | has flourished upon the turf of this coun try. Diomcd was the siro of that wonder Sir Archy. so frequently called the Godol phn Arabian of America. Imported Prian sired the famous Cruciffx (winner c the Thousand Guincas and Oaks), Mis- Lefty and Industry (Oaks winners as wei as great brood marcs), Sarpedoy (sirc c Alice Carneal, dam of tho race horse Lex ington) and many equally good ones
 James Jackson imported into Alabam
 Glencoe, one of the best horses ever lande
 on our shores, and purchased in Canad
 the famous Gallopade, the founder of tn
 great Reel family. Colonel Delane
 brought over the Cub marc by Cub, fror
 whom many of the most famous thorough
 breds of the present day como. Kcntuck
 and Tennessee received their first thol
 oughbrcd from the Old Dominion, an
 there tho blood horse has found his homo It is we'll known fact in turf history ho,
 horses raised on tho blue grass of Kentuck
 have gone to England and won every rae
 of any consequence there
 E. T. RIDDIck.
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