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Gilbey, whose well-known Hackney stud at Elsenhani Paddocks 

 in Essex, has been largely built up upon his blood. Harking 

 back to Denmark — he was essentially a quality horse, 15*2 hands 

 in height, and chestnut of colour. He had more style about 

 him than Firedivay, and generally imparted plenty of stylish- 

 ness to his foals. Highly successful in the show-ring himself, 

 he got many prominent prize winners in his generation, his 

 stock at one time being practically invincible. The Denmark 

 blood in consequence gained a predominating influence in 

 Yorkshire. One of his more noted sons was Gunnaught, a 

 horse of sterling merit, bred by Mr. R. Tennant, of Kirkburn 

 Grange, Driffield, a leading breeder of Hackneys. Connaught 

 in his turn got (jcirlon Duke of Connaught, a renowned sire of 

 more recent times in the county. The hitter's breeder was 

 Mr. Joseph Young, of Garton-on-the-Wolds, in the country 

 around which place so many good Yorkshire Hackneys have 

 been bred by various breeders of note, including Mr. John 

 Atkinson, Mr. Richard Ford, and the Harrisons, who owned 

 a very old-established strain, and whose stud at Garton was 

 a prominent one until comparatively recently. Mr. Mansfield 

 Harrison, himself a noted breeder, was the manager of Mr. 

 Burdett-Coutts's great stud in its most palmy days. 



Lord Derby II (417), the third principal foundation 

 stallion alluded to previously was bred in 1871 by Mr. J. R. 

 Burnham, at the Frodingham Hall Stud, Winestead, in Holder- 

 ness. He was sired by Leake's Lord Derby, a stallion of 

 considerable local reputation some forty years ago, and strain- 

 ing back to Philip Ramsdale's old breed of trotters. A hard, 

 strong-constituted horse, of a sound dark brown colour, and 

 Avith plenty of style. Lord Derby II showed himself a very 

 impressive and prepotent sire, and got his stock with much 

 (quality as a rule. He left a great imprint on the breed, and his 

 success as a sire soon established his as a leading line of blood. 

 Lord Derby mares especially proved themselves very valuable 

 for breeding purposes, and bred much winning stock. Apart 

 from breeding a horse of such outstanding merit as Lord 

 Derby II, Mr. Burnham was also otherwise a successful breeder, 

 many good animals having been produced at his stud. Among 

 the original brood-mares here was the noted old red-roan, Lady 

 Landseer, by Sir Edwin Landseer, she being one of the early 

 foundation mares in the stud-book. 



One of the most prominent breeders of the old school who 

 helped to make Hackney history in its more modern phases 

 was Mr. Henry Moore, of Burn Butts, Cranswick, near Hull, 

 whose stud began to come greatly to the fore towards the 

 eighties. His father, William Moore, already bred trotters in 

 the fifties, and possessed an old strain descended from Robert 



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