202 HUNTING ROUND M ALTON. 



Solomon, by Rambler out of Seamstress. He is 

 very straight, has good shoulders and capital legs 

 and feet. 



An hour or two on the flags at Birdsall, and 

 an inspection of the magnificent stud of hunters, 

 most of them home-bred, is a treat for any sports- 

 man. Lord Middleton has no hairy-legged ones 

 amongst the matrons at his stud ftirm ; and he 

 holds that a well-bred and compact horse will 

 carry a heavy man with more ease to himself and 

 comfort and satisfaction to his rider than the 

 lumbering and cumbersome animal that it is the 

 fashion of the day to dub a weight carrier, 



A mare that has been of great service in the 

 stud, and from whom some of the best hunters 

 Lord Middleton owns are descended, was Magic. 

 She was by McOrville off a Cleveland mare, and 

 was purchased by the late Lord Middleton from 

 the late Mr. Henry Darley, who had bought her 

 of Mr. A. L. Maynard. She was a famous hun- 

 tress, and was a great favourite with the late 

 Lord Middleton, who used to ride her himself. 



She is well represented, both in the hunting- 

 stables and at the stud farm. The two repre- 

 sentatives at the latter establishment are as fine 

 specimens of hunting brood mares as one could 

 wish to see. One of them is by Fingal off old 

 Magic, and is a long low mare with a lot of sub- 

 stance. We preferred her daughter, a six-year- 

 old by Happy Land. She has beautiful shoulders 



