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who was a beautifully-shaped 15-stone hunter of very 

 high class, was an exception to this rule. One of the 

 nicest shaped hunters I have ever seen was Captain 

 Williams's Joseph (Fig. 404). As examples of horses 

 with good " middle pieces," we have Manifesto (Fig. 

 431), Cloister (Frontispiece), Franciscan (Fig. 414), Joseph, 

 and Touchstone (Fig. 322). If Gamecock (Fig. 311) 

 lacked somewhat in depth at the middle of the back, he 



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Fig. 433. — Weight-carrying hunter, the properly of Sir Albert Muntz. 



amply made up for the deficiency by being, like St. 

 Simon, remarkably round in the barrel. 



Cloister (Frontispiece), whom I had an opportunity 

 of carefully examining, thanks to the kindness of Mr. 

 Duff and Sir Charles Nugent, was in two particulars a 

 very deceptive - looking horse. The great height of the 

 inner angle of his pelvis (p. 311) gave him a false appear- 

 ance of being slack in the loins, which, in fact, were 



