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consequently somewhat lusty. To judge of him as he was 

 standing for his portrait, he appears to have been a trifle 

 longer in the body than he was high at the withers, from 

 which fact we might infer that he was not a race-horse of 

 the highest class. He had good shoulders, long neck, short 

 back, and good depth at the centre of his back, and was 

 consequently a fine stayer. His hocks were not as straight 

 as those of Ormonde (Frontispiece), Persimmon (Fig. 277), 

 or St. Simon (Figs. 16 and 17). 



I'holo hif] [M. H. H. 



Fig. 487. — Mr. Vansittart's Australian gelding, Romance. 



Romance (Fig. '487) was a handsome Australian horse of 

 the middle-weight hunter or charger type. He won 

 several races over hurdles and on the flat in Australia and 

 India ; but among inferior company. His shortness of 

 leg, as compared to his length of body, precludes the possi- 

 bility of his being gifted with a fine turn of speed. Though 

 no race-horse, he was perfectly shaped as a fast hunter. 

 He had a short back, long " rein," and particularly strong, 

 well-formed legs. His good shoulders and light head and 



