FA VONIUS. i(^-j 



his shoulders are unduly upright. His gaskins are poor. 

 With this exception, his legs are fairly v/ell shaped 



Plates 54 and 55. — In 1871 Hannah (by King Tom) 

 won the Oaks and St. Leger ; and Favonius (by Parmesan 

 out of Zephyr by King Tom), the Derby of the same year. 

 Both of them and Corisande, who won the Cesarewitch of 

 that season carrying 7 st. 12 lbs., belonged to Baron Roths- 

 child. Lord Suffolk states in the Badminton book on Racing, 

 that Favonius was 16 or 18 lbs. better than either of the 

 two mares ; but that he became unsound. Accepting this 

 estimation, we must regard him as one of the best horses 

 of the century. We might have inferred the fact of his 

 superiority over Hannah by noting that he was much deeper 

 in the body behind the saddle, than she was, and consequently 

 his chest was better formed for forced breathing than was 

 hers. He looks up to more weight than she does, on 

 account of his fore-arms and gaskins being more muscular, 

 and his bones below the knee beine larger. Both animals 

 have equally "straight-dropped" hind legs. Her neck is 

 lighter, and her shoulders appear flatter and more oblique 

 than his. Both have almost exactly the same proportions 

 between the length of body, and the height at the withers ; 

 and between the depth from withers to brisket, and the 

 height of the brisket off the ground. As both were in 

 training, and were standing in nearly the same position, we 

 have a capital opportunity of comparing their respective 

 conformation. 



Plate 56. — This thoroughbred English mare is a typical 

 "weed," as we may see by her short back ribs, and slack 

 loins. As deficiency in these points is incompatible with 



