232 CHASING AND RACING 



The Handsomest Mares and Fillies : 



Pretty Polly Corrie Roy 



Dornroschen Hammerkop 



Sceptre Comedy 



Canterbury Pilgrim Laodamia 



Geheimniss Glare 



These lists would not be complete without naming 

 the ugliest horses or mares that I can remember. 

 *' Handsome is as handsome does *' is a trite enough 

 saying ; but the better looking racers of either sex are 

 generally the better performers. Those of " homely '* 

 form and feature, or those who would seem more in 

 place in a Christmas pantomime, are but the exception 

 which prove the rule. 



Here are some of them : 



The Grafter Manilado 



Dean Swift Hurry On 



Epsom Lad 



I think The Grafter must be awarded pride of place, 

 for he was a perfect figure of fun ! I never saw such a 

 pronounced Roman nose on a racehorse ; and his ears 

 reminded one of those of a prize lop-bunny ! 



Dean Swift would never have taken the champion- 

 ship at a beauty show. To see him wandering around 

 the paddock was to pity him for his loneliness without 

 the shafts of a four-wheeler to hold him up ; but what 

 a splendid fellow he was on his favourite courses — 

 Epsom and Ascot ! I always couple Dean Swift and 

 Victor Wild in my mind as prototypes, for the latter 

 was by no manner of means an ** oil painting *' (though 



