298 EXAMINATION OF OUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF HORSES. 



Staying power, she was unable to " get" beyond half a mile ; 

 although she was fast for that distance. Her good length 

 of limb, "straight" hocks and sloping shoulders all point 

 to the possession of speed. 



Plate 57. — Blue Ribbon (by New Oswestry out of Miss 

 Honiton) may be taken as a good type of the well-bred 

 middle, if not heavy, weight hunter. Though a fine weight- 

 carrier, she was fast enough to win steeple-chases. I have 

 refrained from calling her thoroughbred ; for her sire is not 

 in the Stud-book. Blue Ribbon has capital shoulders for 

 jumping with a heavy-weight in the saddle ; as they are 

 oblique and muscular. Her neck is light, her back ribs long, 

 her quarters powerful, and her fore-arms and gaskins good. 

 Her head looks somewhat coarse from the lightness of her 

 neck ; but its size is in harmony with that of the body. In 

 the photograph, her fore fetlocks look a bit round, and her 

 fore pasterns a triHe upright — probably from work. 



Plates 58 and 59, Lord Stamford's Diophantus (by 

 Orlando out of Equation by Euclid), the winner of the 2,000 

 guineas in 1861, and Mr. Snewing's Caractacus (by Kingston 

 out of Defenceless), winner of the Derby in 1862, being in 

 stud condition, give us but little idea of their true " make 

 and shape." Diophantus appears very upright on his 

 pasterns ; no doubt as a result of work. The fore-arms of 

 Caractacus look weak. Both of these horses seem a little 

 " over " at the knees. 



Plate 60. — This handsome Iceland pony was only 30 

 inches high. He looks a miniature race-horse. 



