4 COMPARISONS. 



also take Fisherman and compare him with Blink 

 Bonny, and further say that he was not superior to 

 either Saunterer or Vedette, and a host of other mo- 

 derately-sized animals. We have seen how, when up 

 to his hocks in mud, the then pigmy Daniel O'Rourke 

 cut down his opponents ; how Midas bore Lord Exeter's 

 colours to the fore so often ; how the Flying Dutch- 

 man had enough to do to get the best of Hotspur ; how 

 Rowton, the Hero, Sweetmeat, Euclid, Venison, 

 Beeswing, Andover, Weathergage, Saucebox, Under- 

 hand, Saunterer, Blink Bonny, Vedette, St. Alban's, 

 Caller Ou, Tim Whiffler, the Marquis, and Macaroni 

 were careless of the weights they carried and the dis- 

 tance of ground they went over ; while Charles XII., 

 Sir Tatton Sykes, Fleur de Lis, Hetman Platoif, 

 Bay Middleton, the Flying Dutchman, Voltigeur, 

 Stockwell, Rataplan, Surplice, Wild Dayrell, Fisher- 

 man, Leamington, the par nobile fratrum, Lifeboat 

 and Gunboat, Buckstone, and Dictator, have shown 

 us about equal results. Whatever the weight may 

 be, however, there must be size and length somewhere, 

 and, in my opinion, the more size and length there is 

 on short legs the better. 



FORMATION. 



Were we to cull six out of all the horses we have 

 ever seen that we think most nearly approaching per- 

 fection, they would be Sweetmeat, St. Alban's, Saun- 

 terer, Fandango, Tournament, and Vedette, and we 

 should place them in the order named. 



