IV 



The Grand Steeple-Chase d'Auteuil was won in 1910 

 in a most brilHant way by an Enghsh horse named 

 Jerry-M. 



Whatever his admirers may say, after his victory, 

 Jerry-M is not an irreproachable model. He does not, 

 however, justify the opinion expressed by a well-known 

 Norman : " What could we not say of him if he were 

 a trotter?" 



By his model and by his action, Jerry-M is none the 

 less a very interesting animal to study and one which 

 corroborates in more ways than one the theories formed 

 from the foregoing analysis. 



Jerry-M is a very tall horse (perhaps 16.2^ hands 

 high), very rangy, having an exceptionally good frame 

 and muscular development. His neck is a little U-shaped, 

 the shoulder is long, but, like the arm, it has poor direc- 

 tion ; the withers are well placed and well prolonged 

 toward the rear ; his loin is long and his chest deep. The 

 hindquarter is admirable ; in width, length and direction 

 his croup is above criticism ; his femur is very long, his 

 stifle is low, his legs very much muscled ; his hocks are 

 in the right place ; they are perfectly clean and have a 

 great deal of substance. 



Jerry-M gallops with a remarkably easy and extended 

 stride, but he carries his head a little low. Good strong 

 arms seem needed to steady him when he wants to run ; 

 he is indeed ridden by a strong man after the old English 

 method. It would, perhaps, be hard to ride him other- 

 wise, especially at his jumps. Jerry-M is an exceptional 

 jumper. He proved it in 1912 by winning the Liverpool 

 Grand National under the enormous weight of 175 

 pounds. At Auteuil the power with which he cleared 

 the water jump in front of the grandstand was truly 

 impressive, 



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