JO ANIMAL PAINTERS 



Mr. Compton. He was a bay, standing about 

 15-3 hands, and up to weight; he had a tremen- 

 dous stride and was further a thoroughly honest 

 horse. Highflyer's height was quite beyond the 

 usual standard, as the average of race-horses (stal- 

 lions) at that period was between 15 hands and 

 I5'i hands. He never ran on any course but 

 the Beacon at Newmarket, was never beaten, 

 and never paid forfeit. It is true that his turf 

 career was as brief as successful ; before being 

 sent to the stud, he ran in only seven races, and 

 received forfeit in one, in 1778-79, but in each 

 event he started at odds on and won with ease. 

 In 1785 two-and-twenty of Highflyer's get started, 

 and all were winners, many of very considerable 

 sums. Among his progeny may be mentioned 

 Sir Peter Teazle, Rockingham, Marplot, Balloon, 

 Delpini, and Lady Teazle. 



Mr. John Lawrence remarks, "the late Mr. 

 Tattersall informed me, as a curious circumstance, 

 that Highflyer got stock of all colours, even to 

 the pyebald." Boultbee's portrait of this horse 

 was shown in the Royal Academy Exhibition of 



1785- 

 A year or two later the artist seems to have 



turned his attention to the hunting field for 



subjects; not unnaturally, inasmuch as in 1787 



he was living at Loughborough, in Leicestershire. 



