Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-05

ENGLAND AND THE BRITISH ISLES


Bloody Arabian the Belgrade Turk (aken the siege
place. Bethcl Arabian, Bungton Barb Cof Egyptian
horse the Black Barb Cyprus Arabian Devonshc Arabian John
sons Turk Godophin Arabian Lon Chestnut Arabian Matthews
Persian, gOs Turk LOnsdac Bay Arabian and half dozen
others.
AT the same time the following English thoroughbred horses
recordcd Appendix Weahcrby first volume of the Stud
Book) covcrng-Bay Bolton, the Bald Galloway pony
Aeppo Almanzor Basto, Bloody Butoc<s Balets Chlder
Boans Starting Arab Caouchc Flying Chders Fox Greyhound
Hares Blind Horse Hampton Court Chders Huttons Grey
Chldc, Hobgobn Jigg Manca Lamprey Partner Sore Heels
Smals Chder Ticr Woodcock Young Belgrade and Young
barren, because every good
horse the last twenty fifty years be traced back to some
through Oriental ses Lawrence records the
dozen other Ocna imported between and his
time but have become famous is not worth while to re-
peat them.
In an advertisement Of the Damascus that he
purcst Arabian breed without any amixc OF Turco
which shows says Lawrence the fashionable Opin
ion in I773.
Alter about 1850 no Oriental blood Arab, Barb Turk
have been used with although stakes for imported
Newmarket All the racehorses
trace their pcdccs between 1880 $780, through Engs
the barley Godophn Arabian Our best horses for nearly
century past have been either deeply mbucd with their blood or
entirely derived from it.. -+'~
According to Lawrence the Godophn Arabian in colour
brown bay butocks and crest but with
excepting the off heel behind about hands high with
good His portrait by Seymour was in the
library Cog Magog the Lord GOdophin 1t is presumed
that the portrait by Stubs (ngaVcd in Lawrence Dook
which 240 guincas copy OF Scymours
say that the the horse is quite out OF nature How
various representations have
this his exceedingly large and elevated his neck
elegantly curved and his muzze fine He had considerable
length his apacous shoulders and head the oPin8 POSITION
part materially contributed action According to ira
picked up Paris where he drawing cart
William who published A Dissertation Horses in
years death the Godophn Arabian and had
evidently says:Whoevcr has him remember
deeper and farther into his back than
horse yet behind his shoulders there but small space
banded which inserted into his with greater strength
power any his dimensions not to
wondered that the excellence of this horses shape not in
early times manifest considering the pancs OF his
and the position of his forcg and his suntcd growth
by food in the country where he bred He
was not 1884, when his first produce Iah
ROXana who considered the best horse since Flying
Chdcrs After Iah until his death 1885, being then
years DID, the Godophn the sire of series of podigics
'Thc barley Arabian got Flying Chidcrs, and others less
He had the variety of that
nua poured upon the Godophn Aaban indeed he covered
very excepting those belonging the proprietor Mr. barley
sprung the largest and spccdet rachocs
knownFyng Chdcrs and Eclipse and the Wic beyond doubt
of all quadupeds.
Flying Chdcrs was a chestnut horse white upon his
and whted afOu upon his He appears hands
high upwards and have been OF the short compact FORM his
stride being furnished by the length OF his back and On
the appearing every portrait OF him OF extraordinary length
He foaed in 7I5 got by the barley Arabian Of Betty
Lecdes. He bred considerably in-andn with number OF
Arabian and Barb blood He started but Newmarket and
there beat all the best horses OF his time
ECIIPSE.s
Eclipse a chestnut horse about 4 hands high, oalcd
1904, by Marskc geatgranson OF OF the barley Arabian
was trained years Old when him,
says Lawrence he appeared high health robust constitution
His shoulder very thick but extensive and well placed his hind
quarters appeared higher than his wthers and said that
his gaop threw his launches with greater effect his
g and his stride being par He stood deal ground
and that respect the opposite of Flying Chdcrsa short
horse whose reach lay his lower limbs Wher
stallion there certain about him
Eclipse beaten had whip hourshed him.
height of Eclipse A @oaiie accom-