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tion, commencing with the highly-accomplished 

 steeds which are accustomed to carry Lady 

 Stamford triumphantly in the first rank. I 

 should scarcely know which to select as the 

 right horse to assign a preference, the one 

 bearinof the name of the Rioht Man or 

 Trumpeter ; they are both magnificent ani- 

 mals, and so is Bentinck, a well-bred chesnut, 

 son of Harkaway. Comet, a splendid bay 

 gelding, having combinations of the Red- 

 shank and Melbourne families, does great 

 credit to his ancestors. Phoenix — a very 

 clever, short-legged, bay horse — and Rocket 

 are included among the horses distinguished 

 by her ladyship's favour. Charnwood, a 

 dark bay horse; Kegworth, a great, fine, 

 lengthy chesnut; and Bradgate, a grey, are 

 ridden by Lord Stamford. Pilgrim, a dark 

 brown horse, with very much of the Cother- 

 stone stamp, attracted my admiration vastly ; 

 a long, low horse, with great power. All 

 these, including Sultan, are ridden by his 

 lordship. In concluding individual notice, 

 so far as it is possible to form an opinion at 

 first sight, and that only in the stable, I 

 should place my warmest affections on Silver- 

 hair, a beautiful brown roan, daughter of 



