. The American trotter; a treatise on his origin, history and development. er. Hewas bred by Sir Charles Bunbury and foaled in sire, Florizel, was by the renowned Herod andfrom a daughter of Cygnet, by Godolphin dam was a sister of Juno, a direct descend-ant in the paternal line of Alcocks Arabian. The sec-ond dam of Diomed was by Blank, and he was byGodolphin Arabian, from a daughter of BartlettsChilders, a full brother of the renowned Flying Childers. Diomeds third dam was by Flying Childers, thefastest of the get of Darley Arabian, and the most renowned race horse i
. The American trotter; a treatise on his origin, history and development. er. Hewas bred by Sir Charles Bunbury and foaled in sire, Florizel, was by the renowned Herod andfrom a daughter of Cygnet, by Godolphin dam was a sister of Juno, a direct descend-ant in the paternal line of Alcocks Arabian. The sec-ond dam of Diomed was by Blank, and he was byGodolphin Arabian, from a daughter of BartlettsChilders, a full brother of the renowned Flying Childers. Diomeds third dam was by Flying Childers, thefastest of the get of Darley Arabian, and the most renowned race horse in England in his day. An analy-sis of the pedigree of Diomed shows that he inheritedseven crosses of Darley Arabian, six of Byerley Turkand two of Godolphin Arabian. Diomed began racing as a three-year-old. He gainedconsiderable distinction by winning the first Derbyever run in England. There were six other starters inthis race. He also won four other good races thatseason, and received several forfeits. He was racedsuccessfully as a four-year-old. He was on the turf 32. THE ENGLISH RACE HORSE. four seasons, but was not so successful the last twoseasons as the first two, although the last season outhe won an excellent race for four-mile heats after losingthe first to Lottery. Diomed went lame in his seven-year-old form, and was retired from the turf. He waskept for stock purposes in England until 1799, whenhe was sold for fifty guineas, but was bought not longafterward by Col. James Hoomes of Virginia for onethousand guineas. He died the property of ColonelHoomes in 1808, being then thirty-one years old. Though handicapped with an infirmity Diomed wasmore successful in England as a sire and perpetuatorof race winning speed than was Mambrino, the sire ofimported Messenger. The eminent author, FrankForester (Henry William Herbert), a native of Eng-land and quite familiar with the horse stock, both ofEngland and America, makes the following statementconcerning Diomed in his intere
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