210 HUNTING ROUND MALTON. 



he is, full of quality but scarcely so powerful as 

 the last named one. 



A mare by Morocco out of Marmion's dam is 

 an especial favourite with Lady Middleton, whom 

 she carried well last season. She has beautiful 

 sloping shoulders, strong back^ and capital middle 

 piece, and is very deep through her heart. She 

 seemed to us the very ideal of a lady's hunter, — 

 courageous and with a sweet temper, and 

 we were not surprised to learn that she is 

 descended from the Cleveland Bays through old 

 Magic. 



Another Lady Middleton rides is The Buck 

 by Morocco out of Kliodia by Fingal, a well-bred 

 and blood-like horse that can hold his own how- 

 ever fast hounds may run. 



Scuttle by Ploughboy out of Shepherdess, is a 

 useful sort, and is of the same strain as those 

 which Major Willoughby used to run in Hunters' 

 Kaces a few years ago. Then there is a wonder- 

 ful little horse by Morocco out of a thoroughbred 

 pony, near the ground and deep, and up to a lot 

 more weight than he appears to be. 



The thoroughbred Merriment by Morocco out 

 of Meg Merrilies 11. is a beautiful specimen of 

 the fourteen stone blood hunter, just such an one 

 as Sturgess loves to draw. He is a fast horse 

 and fine fencer, but not fast enough for racing. 

 He ran last year in the Mammoth Hunters Stakes 

 at Derby, but failed to get placed. 



