The Easby Abbey breeding stud : . 25 Few horses enjoyed greater reputation on the turfand at the stud than EmiHus, who^ from ha^ing endedhis days here, deserves a passing notice in our descrip-tion of this stud, comparable as was his career amongstthe past with that of Touchstone of the present won the Derby in , and was the sire ofPriam and Plenipotentiary, both winners of the Derby,and each is still upheld by the old schooF as the besthorse the Turf ever saw ; of Oxygen, winner of theOaks; of Mango, winner of the St. Leger; of EucHd,^ho ran a dead heat for the same race with

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The Easby Abbey breeding stud : . 25 Few horses enjoyed greater reputation on the turfand at the stud than EmiHus, who^ from ha^ing endedhis days here, deserves a passing notice in our descrip-tion of this stud, comparable as was his career amongstthe past with that of Touchstone of the present won the Derby in , and was the sire ofPriam and Plenipotentiary, both winners of the Derby,and each is still upheld by the old schooF as the besthorse the Turf ever saw ; of Oxygen, winner of theOaks; of Mango, winner of the St. Leger; of EucHd,^ho ran a dead heat for the same race with CharlesXII.; of Marcus, the only horse that ever beat Camar-ine; of Preserve, second to Queen of Trumps for theOaks; of Extempore, winner of the Thousand Guineas,and second to Cymba for the Oaks; of Pompey, Rid-dlesworth, Theon, Ben y Ghlo, and many other goodhorses, numbering nearly 150 winners, of which Eng-lands Glory was nearly the last. He was also grandsireof Crucifix (dam of Surplice, Cowl, &c.). Miss Letty, In-?dus

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