Excerpt from Galicia: Her Forbears and Her OffspringIt is for this reason that I have undertaken to write an account Of Galicia, her F orbears and her Offspring, for she herself sprang from the'most aristocratic of parents, and her children include, besides a Derby winner, one who, notwithstanding that he missed that unique distinction, was beyond doubt the best horse in the Derby of his year, for I am of course speaking of Bayardo, who subsequently showed with the most unmistak able distinctness what ought to have happened at Epsom, where the result Of the classic was affected by an accident, to be described in its proper place.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.