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like shapes, nearer to protohippus than to the modern 

 thoroughbred. They do not show the marvellous 

 draughtsmanship that is seen in the ballet-dancers. 



" Several of the modern Spaniards have done well 

 with their horses, in the pictorial sense ; none better 

 than Daniel Urrabieta (otherwise known as ' Vierge '), 

 the illustrator of ' Don Quixote ' and ' Pablo de Segovia,' 

 and perhaps the greatest of all black-and-white artists. 

 "The old masters evolved their own conventional 

 steeds, which we could not wish different. At any 

 rate, the riders are sitting them." — " Toplight " in Town 

 Topics, 



• • * • • 



" Carlton Hotel, 



" Pall Mall, SJV, i. 

 " January 17, 1920. 

 *' To the Editor of * Trotting and Pacing.' 

 " Sir, 



" May I point out a few errors in the article by 

 ' Toplight,' of Town Topics, which you quoted in your 

 paper of January 15 ? 



" George Morland could only paint underbred farm- 

 horses ; he never painted a blood-horse or horse with 

 a well-groomed coat. This is the characteristic of 

 almost all horse-painters and sculptors — they never put 



