206 LORD GEORGE AS A LETTER- WRITER. 



A sturdy colt, very like Plenipotentiary in shape, 

 but very short arms, and short bad action ; no 

 stride, putting down his feet pretty nearly where 

 he takes them up. 



" 7. Sister to Pug. Very like Pug, but a finer 

 Gohanna head, with enormous nostrils, and in all 

 respects mending upon Pug ; a very fine galloper, 

 and a very likely mare to win the Oaks. 



" 8. Ch. f. by Plenipotentiary Let-us-stop-a- 

 while-says-Slow. The favourite HERE of ALL the 

 FILLIES. No favourite of mine. A good galloper 

 certainly, and a fine head, but short in the body, 

 and drooping short Camel quarters ; good shoulders, 

 and muscular-looking. 



" 9. B. f. by Plenipotentiary My Dear. A 

 small, smart, racing-looking filly ; beautiful head, 

 neck, shoulders, body, loins, and quarters, with 

 fine length, but no legs below the knee ; no bone 

 and no sinew ; small fetlocks, and straight ; well 

 put on, but nasty fleshy - looking legs one of 

 the old specimens of Bay Middleton legs ; looks 

 like flying half a mile, but no further ; a good- 

 actioned filly, but seemed to have no chance with 

 the consumptive one. 



"10. B. f. by Bay Middleton Chapeau 

 d'Espagne. Very like, but on a still less scale 

 than, the two-year-old out of her ; her hock has 

 got right, but she has a ringbone on the other 

 hind-leg ; very pretty hack action, but no stride. 

 I have ordered it to be sold for 5 if no more can 



