HORSE BY CREGAAT PASSED OVER AT DUBLIN 49 



Other than Mr, Preston, our veteran sportsman. I 

 bought him at first sight for ^30. All I knew about 

 him was that he had been running in a cab, and that 

 he was by Cregan. Had I taken him to the shires, 

 he would have fetched nearly double the price. Mr. 

 Preston offered me a sum which I several times refused 

 for him. He once cleared 37 feet over water; and I 

 have already described his jumping the wall with the 

 stream beyond it. 



I append his measurements and description, as they 

 may prove a guide. I can only say that if the reader 

 succeeds in securing a similar animal, he will have 

 every reason to congratulate himself. 



Faust, iron-gray, by Cregan; 15.3 in height, 7 feet 



6 inches round girth ; clean and flat legs, hocks 

 tucked under him in a business-like fashion ; head 

 beautifully set on ; clean, wide jowl ; shoulders perfect, 

 fine, and sloped well back ; short back, but with long 

 rein ; the grandest quarters I ever saw, measuring 

 50 inches from hip to hock ; 9^ inches round under the 

 knee ; perfectly formed, sloping pastern ; well ribbed 

 up ; and up to 14 st. 7 lb. with any hounds in the three 

 kingdoms. I once jumped him over a wall in the 

 Freshford country, in Kilkenny, which had been pur- 

 posely built up by my friend, Mr. George Bryan, to 



7 feet in height with loose stones, and he cleared it, 

 doubtless thinking that it was all solid masonry, whereas 

 it was hollow, and could easily have been knocked 

 down. 



In those days all sorts of similar tricks were in 

 vogue, and I am free to admit that harm but rarely 

 ever resulted from them ; and we little suspected the 

 existence of such things as built-up fences or a 



