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SPECIAL POINTS OF VARIOUS CLASSES. 



as we may see by his stiffened tail, erect head, pricked 

 ears, and by the collected manner in which he was 

 standing. He had capital shoulders, good legs, and, 

 like St. Simon, had not much to carry. He was one of 

 the best 13. i ponies ever bred in England, and was 

 superior to any Arab pony of the same height. 



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[Clarence Hailev, Newmarket. 

 Fig. 423.— Mr. II. T. Barclay's Lord Arthur. 



The Hunter and Steeplechaser.— i. The fore- 

 hand should be light. This point is of special importance 

 in the Leicestershire hunter (Figs. 423 to 430), the 

 goodness of whose shoulders is probably more severely 

 tested by the ridge-and-furrow than by the jumping, 

 which is particularly trying, owing to the fact that the 

 animal must "spread" himself out and go fast. Many 



