. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . istinguished by his beautiful Arabian head :his fine, and finely-set on neck; his oblique, lengthened shoulders;—well bent hinder legs ; his ample, muscular quarters ; his flat legs, rathershort from the knee downwards, although not always so deep as theyshould be: and his long elastic pastern. The racer, however, with the most beautiful form, is occasionally avery
. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . istinguished by his beautiful Arabian head :his fine, and finely-set on neck; his oblique, lengthened shoulders;—well bent hinder legs ; his ample, muscular quarters ; his flat legs, rathershort from the knee downwards, although not always so deep as theyshould be: and his long elastic pastern. The racer, however, with the most beautiful form, is occasionally avery sorry animal. There is sometimes a want of energy in an appa-rently faultless shape, for which there is no accounting ; but there aretwo points among those just enumerated, which will rarely or never de-ceive—a well placed shoulder, and a well-bent hinder leg. The Darley Arabian was the parent of our best racing stock. Hewas purchased by Mr. Darleys brother, at Aleppo, and was bred in theneighboring desert of Palmyra. The figure here given of him is sup-posed to be an accurate delineation. It contains every point, withoutmuch shew, which could be desired in a turf horse* ENCYCLOPEDIA. 71 DARLEY ARABIAN. FLYING THE DARLEY ARABIAN. The immediate descendants of this invaluable horse, were the Devon-shire or Flying Childers; the Bleeding or Bartletts Childers, who wasnever trained ; Almanzor and others. The two Childers were the means through which the blood and fameof their sire were widely circulated, and from them descended anotherChilders, Snap, Sampson, Eclipse, and a host of excellent horses. The Devonshire, or Flying Childers, so called from the name ofhis breeder, Mr Childers of Carr-House, and the sale of him to the Dukeof Devonshire, was the fleetest horse of his day. The following is saidto present a true portrait of him.
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