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owner. Both his fore-hand and hind-quarters were Ught. 

 He was extremely round in the back ribs, and was very 

 well ribbed-up. 



His Majesty's Persimmon (Fig. 277), who won the 

 Derby and St. Leger, having been photographed a couple 

 of days after he had won at Epsom, looks somewhat 

 light, though muscular and very fit. His straight-dropped 

 hind legs, powerful gaskins and hocks, light fore-hand, 

 and beautifully shaped fore legs from elbow to hoof, 

 proclaim his "quality." 



Ard Patrick (Fig. 308), who won the Derby in 1902 and 

 the Eclipse Stakes in 1903, is a particularly good type of 

 thorough-bred from a useful point of view, as he is "well 

 ribbed-up " (pp. 232 to 236). In fact, the greater part of 

 the lower line of his body is parallel to the ground, in his 

 photograph, which was taken when he was a three-year- 

 old, and when he was in hard condition. Ard Patrick 

 approaches the hght-weight Leicestershire hunter in con- 

 formation. Ladas (Fig. 418) is essentially a race-horse. 



In 1871 Hannah (Fig. 419) won the Oaks and St. 

 Leger ; and Favonius (Fig. 420), the Derby of the same 

 year. They were in the same stable as Corisande, who 

 won the Cesarewitch of that season carrying 7 st. 12 lbs. 

 Lord Suffolk states, in the Badminton book on Racing, 

 that Favonius was 16 or 18 lbs. better than either of the 

 two mares ; but that he became unsound. Accepting 

 this estimation, we must regard him as one of the best 

 horses of the past century. We might have inferred the 

 fact of his superiority over Hannah by noting that he 

 was much deeper in the body behind the saddle than she 

 was, and consequently he was more of a staying type 

 (pp. 232 to 236) than this mare. He looks up to more 

 weight than she does, on account of his fore-arms and 

 gaskins being more muscular, and his bones below the 

 knee being larger. Both animals have equally " straight- 

 dropped " hind legs. Her neck is lighter, and her 

 shoulders appear flatter and more oblique than his- 



