PREFACE. 



maintenance and improvement of Horse-breeding. The particulars 

 given have been collated and inserted with the view of permanently 

 preserving for the information of Members and Hunter Breeders a 

 record of the pedigrees and successes of these horses, and of adding 

 to the interest and value of the Society's book, which was established 

 to place the registry of foundation Hunting stock on a satisfactory 

 basis. 



The names of the Stallions and Mares whose pedigrees and 

 performances have thus been specially compiled are : — 



ADMIRAL BENBOW. 



DEBONNAIRE. 



DRESSMAKER. 



GALLOPING QUEEN. MISS HONITON. 

 HESPER. NEW OSWESTRY. 



KATHLEEN. SOLFERINO. 



Every effort has been made to obtain and verify the details 

 given, and the thanks of the Council are especially due to two of the 

 Lady Members — Miss A. Gore-Booth and Miss M. Temple — and to 

 Messrs. Weatherby for the valuable assistance and information 

 afforded in the compilation of these pedigrees. 



Another regulation put in force in this Volume — ^that no particu- 

 lars of a pedigree would be accepted unless verified by the breeder's 

 name and address — has been rigidly adhered to ; and the Council 

 would like to see a similar rule enforced in the catalogues of all 

 shows where the breeders of the Hunting stock are stated to be 

 unknown. 



With the consent and co-operation of their owners, the portraits 

 of three stallions and two mares appear in the present book, viz. : — 



CLIO. I GOODCRAFT. RAMFqFq 



CROM-A-BOO. I LORD MOLYNOO. | ««ivitata. 



The Volume also contains the Awards at the 1892 and 1893 

 London Shows of the Society, with short statistical statements 

 conveying details of interest and comparison, and giving the 

 location of the Premium Sires in these years ; and it further contains 

 particulars of the new scheme arranged by the Koyal Dublin Society 

 for the location of Thoroughbred Stallions in Ireland in 1892 and 

 1893. 



11, Glmndos Street, Gavendish, Square, London, W. 

 December, 1893. 



