The marriage of near kin considered with respect to the laws of nations, the results of experience and the teachings of biology [electronic resource] . and in every case departure from the pureArab blood has been a failure. Rachel, the dam of High-flyer, was the daughter of Blank, and granddaughter ofRegulus ; yet both Blank and Regulus were sons of Godol-phin. Fox was bom under similar conditions of dam of Goldfinder was the daughter of Blank andgranddaughter of Regulus. The granddam of Buckhunterwas a daughter of Bald Galloway, who was also the sire ofBuckhunter. The great-g
The marriage of near kin considered with respect to the laws of nations, the results of experience and the teachings of biology [electronic resource] . and in every case departure from the pureArab blood has been a failure. Rachel, the dam of High-flyer, was the daughter of Blank, and granddaughter ofRegulus ; yet both Blank and Regulus were sons of Godol-phin. Fox was bom under similar conditions of dam of Goldfinder was the daughter of Blank andgranddaughter of Regulus. The granddam of Buckhunterwas a daughter of Bald Galloway, who was also the sire ofBuckhunter. The great-granddam of Flying Childers, oneof the most famous racehorses, was a daughter of Spanker,while his dam was also the dam of this last. The sire of the Blunt, The Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates, ii. 250-276; Layard, Nimvchami Bahylon,\. T,T] III. ? Smith, Observations on Breeding Race Horses for the Turf, pp. 4750, 56, 65, Svo. London, 1825. M„„ = /nl,r r„r/. Marc = : Amhutii /7iimsii —M„. Mart- = Hai/ Ballon „.- ,„ll „/l,;,/,„„,11 Ih, hihlr. SlsliT lo Lfifis GocL/lphin =«. littleArahian- I ifard^^tMar,:. ,„U- Man = Baldt, I- /,. (11,1 I OU Jfanske Malteless=n Arrys BaiiBnll„i,=^Nen;as(l,- = Mar, I Roiial I TnrkMarr \ Marc- \ Spileita Erl,,..- Hr,,„l =^ /i,„/irlHu)l,ri,t,r HORSES 269 Knight of St. George, a winner of the St. Leger, was also hisgrandsire and great-grandsire. Nothing, however, but acareful examination of the accompanying genealogical tablesuffices to show how complicated and close is the relationshipin the breeding of our best horses.^ The breeder can haveno hesitation, continues Mr. Walsh, in coming to the conclu-sion that in-and-in breeding carried out once or twice is notonly not a bad practice, but is likely to be attended with goodresults. The evidence of repeated success in resorting to thepractice of in-and-in breeding is too strong to be gainsaid. For the racecourse, says Dr. Elam, the pure
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