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which he wod 18. The skull was presented by the Duke of 

 Portland in 1905. Donovan^s pedigree is given below : — 



I Voltigeur, 1847 



i 



DONOVAN, 



1886 



Galopin, 

 1872 



Vetiette, 

 1854 



Daughter of, 1849 



L 



Moweiina, 

 1876 



L 



1853 



Scottish Chief, 

 1861 



Stockings, 

 1863 



i Flying Dutchess, f ^^^'"^^ Dutchman, 1846 

 ( Merope, 1843 



I Lord of the Isles, 1852 

 ( Miss Ann, 1846 

 ( Stockwell, 1849 

 ( Go-ahead, 1853 



To show the characters of the Thoroughbred head, that of 

 '^Corrie Roy,^^ a mare foaled in 1878, who died in 1901, is exhibited. 

 She was the winner of the St. Ebor Handicap and the Manchester 

 November Handicap, 1883. The head (N.H. 10) was presented 

 by Sir J. Blundell Maple^ her owner, in 1901. The legs of the 

 same mare are also exhibited, as a contrast to those of a Shire 

 Cart- Horse. 



Passing on to statuettes of Thoroughbreds, the first for mention 

 is that of the celebrated English stallion '' Persimmon ^^ (N.H. 1 18), 

 owned by H.M. the King. " Persimmon ^^ was foaled in 1893; 

 his sire being '^ St. Simon/^ and his dam ^^Perdita 11.^'' He was 

 winner of the Derby and the St. Leger in 1896, and of the Ascot 

 Gold Cup and Eclipse Stakes in 1897. The statuette was 

 presented by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in 1 905. Persimmon's 

 pedigree is as follows : — 



PERSIMMON, 



1893 



St. Simon, 



1881 



Galopin, 



1872 



j Vidette, 1854 



( Flying Duchess, 1853 



i St. Angela, f King Tom, 1851 



Perdita II, 

 L 1881 



1865 



Hampton, 

 1872 



Hermione, 

 1875 



( Adeline, 1851 



j Lord CHfden, 1860 

 ( Lady Langden, 1868 

 I Young Melbourne, 1855 

 i La Belle Ilelene, 1866 



