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horse, by Williamson's Ditto out of Mockbird's dam, 

 and got some famous hunters, with fine size, espe- 

 cially good shoulders, and deep ribs, but rather 

 inclined to have long lop-eared heads. The best 

 mares in the Suffolk breeders' hands are his daugh- 

 ters, who, like himself, were never tired in the 

 longest day. St. Hubert, who died in 1842, was not 

 at all unlike Rataplan, and may be described as a 

 strong horse with rather a straight and low-put-on 

 fore-end, but with the best of shoulders behind it ; he 

 went in a low, striding, swinging sort of way, not 

 pleasing to the dealer's fancy, but good action for 

 a hunter nevertheless. About 1842 Lord Strad- 

 broke had Alpheus, by Sultan out of Arethusa, by 

 Quiz, at Henham. He was a chestnut horse, with 

 some white on his legs, and particularly good action ; 

 in short, a nice round-made level-looking animal, who 

 got some very good and high-priced horses, and 

 clever natural jumpers, although their shoulders were 

 a shade too heavy. Some of them, however, were 

 badly whited about no great recommendation in a 

 purchaser's eyes, except for a hunter or park hack ; 

 but many of the best horses ever bred in Suffolk were 

 got by him, and from their good action they were 

 " good to sell." 



Lory, another son of Williamson's Ditto, was 

 bought at the sale of the late Mr. Wilson of Bilderton 

 (who owned Smolensko, and a succession of higher- 

 class sires), by a coach proprietor at Ipswich, and 

 covered a few years in this district. He got some very 

 good hunters, and as stout as those of his half-brother, 

 St. Hubert. Unfortunately he was stone blind, hav- 

 ing become so, we have heard, after some very severe 

 race, and many of his colts were afterwards similarly 

 affected. He finally ran leader in the old Ipswich 

 and London " Shannon" for many years, and is 

 still remembered as a little wiry horse, with a 



