Three remarkable bequests had been made by that uncle to the colonel,—the estate of Canons, the parrot, and the horse Eclipse, the most powerful racer ever known in England; so superior to every other horse of his day, that his superiority at length became useless, as no bets would be laid against him.
— from Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
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