The general stud book

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THE
GENERAL STUD BOOK
VOL.
II.

:
THE
deiterol
STUD BOOK,
CONTAINING
PEDIGREES
OF
RACE HORSES,
&C. &-C.
From the earliest Accounts to the Year 1831. inclusice.
FOUR VOLUMES.
ITS
VOL.
II.
Brussels
PRINTED FOR MELINE, CANS A.ND C".,
EOILEVARD DE WATERLOO, Zi.
M DCCC XXXIX.
MR
V.
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PREFACE
TO THE FIRST EDITION.
To assist in the detection ofspurious and the correction of inaccu-
rate pedigrees, is one of the purposes of the present publication,
in which respect the first Volume has been ofacknowledged utility.
The two together, itis hoped, will form a comprehensive and tole-
rably correctRegister ofPedigrees.
It will be observed that some of the Mares which appeared in
the last Supplement (whereofthis is a republication and continua-
tion) stand as they did there, i. e. without any additions to their
—
produce since 1813 or 1814. It has been ascertained thatseveral
of them were about that time sold by public auction, and as all
attempts to trace them have failed, the probability is that they have
eitherbeen converted to some otheruse, or been sent abroad.
If any proof were wanting of the superiority of the English
breed ofhorsesoverthatofevery other country, it mightbefound
in the avidity with which they are sought by Foreigners. The
exportation of them to Russia, France, Germany, etc. for the last
five years has been so considerable, as to render it an object of
some importance in a commercial point of view. But this advan-
tage some ofour continental neighbours are ofopinion will notlong
remain with us : they are fully aware of the source from whence
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we derivethis superiority, and are in consequence endeavouring to
establish Races on the English plan, which, together with a more
careful selection ofstallions and mares than they observe in Eng-
land, will very soon, they say, enable them to excel us, and they
anticipate a day (not very distant) when the English must sent to
the Continent, ifnot for speedy, atleast (orsound horses.
This hint about soundness may be worth attention, but for the
rest, with the advantages this country already possesses, and so
long as Horse-racing continues to be followed up with spirit by her
men of rankandopulence, there can be little to apprehend.
To the principal Breeders, whose assistance has been so obli-
gingly afforded, the Editor takes this opportunity of returning his
sincere and grateful acknowledgments, aswell for past communi-
cations, as, in some instances, for the promise ofanannual listfor
the future, from themselves or their Stud-grooms, of all the foals
they breed : this he most thankfully accepts, as a means offacili-
tating any future publication, andby adopting in some degree the
practice of the original Compiler (who never suffered a day to pass
without adding or correcting) he hopes, should he live to publish
anotherVolume, theundertakingmay prove lesslaborious, and the
book itselfbe more perfect.
To many others besides the Proprietors of Studs, he feels him-
self greatly indebted, and begs them to accept hissincere thanks.
December 51, 1821.