PREFACE. 



The Council beg to submit herewith the Fiftli Vokime of the Recoi'd 

 of Mares and Bires, and have the pleasure to report a large in- 

 crease in the number of registered Hunter Mares, as will be seen 

 from the appended statement of the entries in the five Volumes, — 



Vol. I. Vol. II. Vol. III. Vol. IV. Vol. V. 

 Entries .. .. 141 .. 143 .. 198 .. 191 .. 251 

 Re-entries.. .. — .. 141 .. 49 .. 63 .. 52 



141 .. 284 .. 247 .. 254 .. 303 

 Further, the figures of the present Volume are augmented by 

 the inclusion of the thirteen entries of Hunter Sires, registered 

 under the new rules. 



In drafting the Conditions of Entry for Volume V. the question 

 of admitting Stallions (not Thoroughbred) to registry under approved 

 conditions was most thoroughly discussed, and the result of the 

 Council's deliberations found expression in the regulations preceding 

 the entries on page 1, from which it will be seen that the primary 

 qualification for registry is — that the Stallion must have won races 

 under Jockey Club Rules, or open races under Grand National 

 Rules. 



The first entry of Stallions complying with these rules must be 

 considered satisfactory, and the Council hope that the publicity 

 given to these entries in Volume V. will induce more owners to come 

 forward and register their Hunter Stallions. 



The pedigrees of the Sires registered extend back some four 

 or five generations, and they are horses of good blood and racing 

 capabilities, whose stock are possessed of speed as well as stamina 

 and substance. 



In accepting entries for this Volume it was deemed desirable 

 to obtain information relative to celebrated Hunter Sires and Dams, 

 not registered in the General Stud Book, but which have sired and 

 bred many valuable horses, contributing in no small measure to the 



