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had extraordinarily good shoulders, and a short 

 back for a mare. I think she was the longest filly 

 from her hip to the hock I ever saw, being made 

 more like a greyhound than any other animal. 

 ' Signorina ' was wonderfully like her on a smaller 

 scale, but, I think, had a little more bone. * Achieve- 

 ment ' was in fact a real good mare, much better 

 than ' Lord Lyon,' although I don't think they were 

 ever tried together. 



