LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Head of '* Gallinule " 2 



A typical hunter, " The Joker " 2 



Hunter mare, *' Ladybird " 14 



Thoroughbred mare, " Rydal Mount " 18 



Hunter mare, " Golden Leaf " 26 



Hunter gelding, " Broad Wood" 34 



Hunter gelding, "• The Germidah " 38 



Hunter gelding, " Dandine" 42 



Hunter gelding, " Bulgaria " 52 



A typical hunter, " The Joker " 58 



Thoroughbred, *' Pretty Polly " 60 



Model hunter sire, " The Tinman " ^6 



Thoroughbred, " Throstle " 94 



" Laveno " (a well-known Irish sire) 104 



The King's premier sire, " Bird of Paradise" 140 



Thoroughbred stallion, " Gallinule " 140 



" Cyllene," sire of " Minoru " 170 



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