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hunter sire. True, he has been favoured by 

 having the chance of some of the best mares in 

 the North ; but they were all well bred, many of 

 them thoroughbred mares, yet his stock have 

 plenty of size and substance. It may be that 

 they breed back to his sire who is a very power- 

 ful horse. 



Peppermint is rather under 15.2, and his mea- 

 surement below the knee falls a trifle short of 

 eight inches. This is his weak point, but if a 

 little more bone might be desirable, what there is 

 is of the best quality, all " steel and whipcord," 

 and the fact that his legs are as clean as when a 

 a foal speaks for the trueness of his formation 

 and action. And Peppermint has had plenty of 

 hard work too. He commenced his racing career 

 by running a dead heat with Mr. Vyner's Flying 

 Squall in the Mowbray Plate at Thirsk, on April 

 1st, 1881, and ran four times as a two-year-old, 

 scoring another victory. 



As a three-year-old he ran eight times and won 

 four races, amongst them the Londesborough Cup 

 at York, the Great, Northern Leger at Stockton, 

 and the Great Yorkshire Stakes at the York 

 August Meeting. In the latter race he beat 

 Nellie, Dutch Oven, and St. Marguerite, and the 

 style in which he won in the deep ground stamped 

 him as a first-class stayer. He was ridden by 

 his breeder and owner, John Osborne, who sold 

 him after the race to Lord Zetland for a large 



