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of a horse. The Yeoman nearly always got bays 

 and browns, and generally whole-coloured ; if he did 

 get a chesnut even off a brown mare with not a speck 

 of white on her, it w^ould have stockings up to the 

 knees and hocks, and it was generally a good \\u. If 

 The Yeoman had a fault, I grant you, it was rather 

 light fore-legs. The Galaors w^ere a bit long in the 

 back, and short in the quarters. Mr. Ferguson 

 never had a better ; great, fine, slapping weight car- 

 riers^ there are some grand mares by him, generally 

 browns, and speedy too. The E-avenhills had much 

 better forelegs than he had himself, and he got them 

 good dark browns, but a trifle high-tempered. 



"Candidate was not thorough -bred; his mares threw 

 good hunters, and he crossed remarkably well with 

 the Clydesdales. He was the first that came to 

 Harker Lodge. Lord Selkirk imported him when he 

 was four years old from Yorkshire for his Kirkcud- 

 bright tenants ; and then Mr. Ferguson and Mr. 

 Fawcett of Scaleby and one or two others bought 

 him. He had navicular disease and contracted feet, 

 but still his stock were pretty sound, and had grand 

 action. Grand Turk had rare ribs and quarters; he was 

 a rich bay with no white hairs, and got as good, in 

 fact better, mares than Candidate. He was a flashy- 

 looking horse, and got them all bays, but " somehow 

 he didn^t put his rib on them.^^ " The Turk mares" 

 were terribly run upon, as their action was so showy ; 

 he laid a great foundation for carriage-horse bays. 

 Bay Chilton was no use to him in the show-yard. 



