Eclipse also got the dams of the following, be

sides several others, viz:

Luna, Duke of Queensbury.
Magpie, Mr. Ladebroke.
Mary Ann, Mr. R. Hamilton.

Master Bagot, Mr. R. Hamilton.
Mediocrity, Hon. G. Villiers.
Miss Hamilton, Mr. Artley.

Mis Zelia Teazle, Mr. W. N. W.
Hewett.

Mr. Teazle, Sir F. Standish.
Mother Blackcap, H.R.H. the
Prince.

Northampton, Lord Grosvenor.
Oberon, Mr. J. Hutchinson.
Oddity, Sir J. L. Kayes.
Pecker, Duke of Queensbury.
Peggy Bull, Lord Grosvenor.
Phenomenon, Sir J. L. Kayes.
Ponto, Lord Clermont.

Shuter, Lord Grosvenor.
Silverlocks, Mr. Preston.
Skyscraper, Duke of Bedford.
Sloven, Mr. Dolphin.
Smart, Mr. Douglas.

Spider, the Prince of Wales.
Stamford, Sir F. Standish.
Statira, Lord Winchelsea.
Strathspey, Mr. R. Fletcher.
Stripling, Sir H. Williams.
Trag, by Trentham, Lord Egre-

mont.

Tartar, Lord A. Hamilton.
Tidy, Lord Grosvenor, afterwards

Mr. Smith of Ireland.
Tom Tit, Mr. Broadhurst.
Topgallant, Duke of Bedford.

Pyræmon, H.R.H. the Duke of Tulip, Mr. Hale.

York.

Queen Charlotte, Mr. Lockley

Raby, Lord Darlington.

Rag, Lord Egremont.
Ratoon, Mr. Hammond.
Ringleader, Mr. Montolieu.
Rioter, Lord Clermont.
Ruby, Mr. Hale.

St. George, Lord Darlington.

Scotilla, Lord Stamford.

Trueman, Duke of Grafton.

Vandall, Duke of Grafton.

Venom, Duke of Grafton.

Vision, Mr. Eliot.

Volanté, Mr. Montolieu.
Warrior, Lord Fitzwilliam.
Weasel, Mr. J. Hutchinson.
Wilkes, Mr. Whaley.

Xenia, Lord Grosvenor.

Zenobia, Lord Derby.

The following is M. de St. Bel's* account of the death and autopsy of Eclipse

:

"In the morning of the 25th of February, 1789, Eclipse was seized with a violent cholic. The remedies acknowledged as most proper in that

* An Essay on the Proportions of Eclipse, by M. Charles Vial de St. Bel, Professor to the Veterinary College of London, published by Martin and Bain, Fleet Street, 1795.

case were administered, but without effect. He expired on the 27th, at seven o'clock in the evening, in the twenty-sixth year of his age.

"The opening of the abdomen, or lower belly, presented immediately an overflowing of sanguinous serum; all the intestines were in a state of extreme inflammation, and even covered with gangrenous spots. The mesentery and the epiploon, were in the same condition. The glands appeared much swelled, and the blood-vessels were filled with a black, thick blood, apparently without any serum. The stomach was entirely empty; its inner membrane little inflamed; the spleen was much obstructed, as was also the liver, one lobe of which was partly in a state of putrefaction. The dissection of the reins, or kidneys, more particularly discovered the cause of the disease; the pelvis was filled with purulent matter, and the membranes completely destroyed by the effect of suppuration. The bladder did not contain a drop of urine, but only a certain quantity of pus, conveyed by the ureters; its villous coat was corroded by the matter.

"From the above circumstances, I infer, that the veins performed their functions in a very imperfect manner, and that the animal died in consequence of the affections of these viscera, and of a violent inflammation of the bowels. The viscera of the chest partook, in a slight degree, of this inflammation.

"It is worthy of notice, that the heart weighed fourteen pounds. The skull was not opened, as it was my intention to preserve entire the skeleton of so famous a horse."

Although, as we have before stated, it is impossible to fix a correct and unalterable standard by which the form and proportions of the race-horse can be defined, nevertheless, the ingenious calculations of M. de St. Bel on those of Eclipse, are well deserving a place in this work, and we have, accordingly given them in our appendix, illustrated by two wood-cuts.

We will conclude this chapter with the most accurate pedigree of Eclipse we have been able to put together,

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