58 PINK AND SCARLET 



standing these crabs this horse's fore-limbs ''did 

 handsome," for he only gave one fall in five seasons, 

 and he won five point-to-point races, and would 

 probably have won more had he not begun to 

 "whisper" {i.e. became a whistler). 



It will be seen that he has great length from hip 

 to hock, and very good arms and " second thighs " 

 (gaskins). He is unfortunately photographed with 

 an indifferent saddle on, the irons of which do not 

 hang right. Under ^40 bought this horse at 

 Tattersall's as a six-year-old, and bids of five times 

 that amount were afterwards refused for him. 



Fig. 2, Plate VI 1 1., shows a sample of the light- 

 weight horse, an Irishman ; " made" by one of the 

 best horsemen in the north of Ireland, very much 

 on the principle mentioned on page 84, never 

 hustled or bustled, but at the same time never 

 allowed to refuse ; he was taught in his youth to 

 take fences as a matter of course. The result was 

 that, having naturally that without which neither 

 man nor horse, however perfectly made, is any use 

 — a good heart, he never " turned his head " from 

 anything. The photograph hardly does his shoulders 

 justice ; they are excellent, and he had, as can be 

 seen, wonderful depth of girth, which no doubt 

 made him the stayer that he was. 



The horse was photographed at the end of the 

 season, just after he had won three point-to-point 

 races, and, as will be noticed, he had no superfluous 

 flesh on him. He was, as may be guessed from 

 his way of standing, a singularly active, well-balanced 



