American turf register and sporting magazine . e Jockey Club of England toits centre ! Bloomsbury, foaled in 1836, was bred by Mr. Cattle, of Sheriff-Hallon, near York, and was purchased by Mr. W. Ridsdale, whothen trained for Lord Chesterfield, with whose horses he was rearedfrom weaning time : on Mr. Ridsdale leaving the employment of thenoble Earl, he took the colt with him to Newmarket, where he wastrained. Bloomsbury is a bay colt, fifteen hands three inches to the Racing Calendar, he was got by Mulatto—but bythe Stud Book, he was got by Tramp or Mulatto—out of Arcot Lass,b
American turf register and sporting magazine . e Jockey Club of England toits centre ! Bloomsbury, foaled in 1836, was bred by Mr. Cattle, of Sheriff-Hallon, near York, and was purchased by Mr. W. Ridsdale, whothen trained for Lord Chesterfield, with whose horses he was rearedfrom weaning time : on Mr. Ridsdale leaving the employment of thenoble Earl, he took the colt with him to Newmarket, where he wastrained. Bloomsbury is a bay colt, fifteen hands three inches to the Racing Calendar, he was got by Mulatto—but bythe Stud Book, he was got by Tramp or Mulatto—out of Arcot Lass,by Ardrosoan, her dam by Cramlington out of Floyerkin by Stride—Little Englands dam by Javelin—sister to Toby by Highflyer, etc.[Vide Skinners Eng. and Am. Stud Book, p. 537.] It will be seenthat Bloomsbury is half-brother to Mr. James Jacksons St. Giles,now standing in Alabama, and to the celebrated Scroggins. The editor of The Sportsman gives a description of the subjectof this memoir, which we quote. He remarks, that while the front. BLOOMSBURY. 497 of Bloomsburys head, and his nostrils in particular, manifest hisArabian paternity, it is too thick in the lower part, and is thereforeheavy rather than handsome; neck light, shoulders finely formed,presenting the genuine obliquity, and thus allowing the free action ofthe fore legs; his withers high and somewhat pointed, very unlikethose of Eclipse and many other superior horses ; brisket deep andcapacious; ribs deep forward, tapering finely off, and leaving the re-quisite space between the last and the hip ; arms remarkably long;pasterns rather longer than usual; his toes inclining outwards ; quar-ters widely spread and well let down; gaskins muscular and power-ful. Joints remarkably large. If therefore we contemplate the con-formation of Bloomsbury in regard to progressive motion, we perceivethat his brisket is as well calculated for the purpose, relatively, aspossible, dropping low, and being sufficiently capacious for
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