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Arabian is the extraordinary size and height of his crest. Hut this will not be con- 

 sidered an exaggeration by anyone who has seen Galaf>in at the stud. One of the prints 

 of him I reproduce is by Stubbs ; but the disproportionately small legs there sho\\n 

 are not in accord with the painting of him in the possession of Lord Cholmondeley at 

 Houghton, or with the engraving by J. and H. Roberts which I reproduce from 

 the collection of H.R. H. Prince Christian. He was a dark brown bay about fifteen 

 hands high with some while on the off heel behind. In a very interesting painting by 



By permission of the Kigkl lion, the Earl of Rottbery. 



The " Godolphin Arabian." 

 By Sailonui. 



J. N. Sartorius, in Lord Rosebery's collection at the Durdans, the Godolf>hin Arabian 

 is depicted with a little white showing on both hind feet. The peculiarities of his 

 crest and shoulder are well brought out. His legs are evidently almost as fine drawn 

 as Stubbs saw them. He is shown standing beneath a tree with a black cat near 

 him. The horse alone in this picture was copied in a rather rudely done print (with 

 a printed description round it) that was published by Thomas Butler, of Pall Mall. 

 Three years after the Godolphin's death in 1/53, Mr. William Osmer thus described 

 him. " Whoever has seen him must remember that his shoulders were deeper and 

 lay further into his back than any horse yet seen ; behind his shoulders there was but 



