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The accounts of the Master of the Horse provide a most interesting list of the 

 best breeders at the end of the seventeenth century. It may be well to give a list of 

 the names that occur between 1693 and 1699 with the totals paid to each man for 

 his stock. They are as follows : Mr. Pulleine was by far the largest seller to the 

 Royal stud ; he disposed of a stallion and fifteen other horses at a total of ,1,703 53. 

 or an average of over .106 each, during the seven years. His stud is chielly 

 famous for the Chesnut Arabian, called after him, a name sometimes given also to 

 his Rockwell, out of the Lonsdale Trcgonwell Barb Marc. Next comes Tregonwell 

 Frampton with nine horses at a total of .640 ios., or an average of over /;i ; again 



The Duke of Rutland 's " Conevskins? foaled in 1712. 

 from an engraving in the pos teuton of Mr. Tattertall. 



a good price when the contemporary values are compared. Apparently the highest 

 price for one animal was ^187 ios. to Lord Cholmondeley. Seven stallions are 

 specially mentioned, Mr. Pulleine's, Mr. Taylor's, Mr. Holland's, Sir Francis Moly- 

 neux's, Colonel Hume's and " Mr." Pierson's, by whom is probably meant Sir Matthew 

 Pierson, of the famous Makeless mare. No mares are specifically so returned, the 

 purchases being probably made with a view to serving the Royal mares already in 

 stock. Six horses are named, viz. : Mr. Ireton's Spanke, Mr. Frampton's Cricket, 

 Bruce and Mackerel, Mr. Ireton's Careless (sold for ,150), and Mr. Burnett's Spot. 

 Besides those mentioned, the owners from whom more than one purchase was made, 

 are Sir John Lowther (two at ,107 ios. each), whose stud is famous for the Long 

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