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BLOOD OF ECLIPSE STILL FLOWS ON ONLast Last Sunday afternoon I was looking at an in ¬ scription to be found in Windsor Park close to Cranborne Tower which reads as follows In this paddock Eclipse was foaled This reminded we of the fact that there is no thoroughbred horse to l e found in the world which has not in its veins the blood of this unbeaten champion who first saw the light at Windsor in 17 4 Good horse rs Eclipse undoubtedly was in his day the thor ¬ oughbred lias since vastly improved and then Is IK question that Eclipse would have been beaten i lit of sight by some of our best modern racers even over such a distance as the Ascot Cup course Audax in Ilorsc and liouud
