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Book. When master of the Ouorn, Lord Lonsdale 

 had two grey horses of great character which carried 

 him when he hunted hounds. White Cap was a 

 long-tailed horse nearly thoroughbred, and could 

 gallop with top weight in the saddle ; he was pur- 

 chased for 625 guineas at the sale of Mr. E. D. 

 Morgan, who hunted from Melton. The other 

 grey was Marble, an upstanding, short-tailed horse 



Mrs. R. J. Ellison's Grey. 



bought from Major W. Longstaffe of Ponton Hall, by 

 Grantham. When riding this horse. Lord Lonsdale 

 jumped the stone wall at Kirby Gate, which when 

 measured was found to be five feet high. 



One of Frank Gillard's favourite mounts, he 

 relates in his reminiscences, was a white horse Grey 

 Bob by Light Bob, just the stamp for Leicestershire, 

 standing a trifle under sixteen hands on short legs, 

 possessing great beam, bone, and muscular develop- 

 ment, with unusual freedom. Belvoir Grey Bob 

 earned a place on the scroll of fame, for he carried 



