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all over his quarters. At first he was said to be " coachy," 

 but he had great length, with immense reach, and when 

 he had been at the stud some time, and attained his full 

 maturity, he lost the rather leggy appearance that he had 

 when he first came out of training. His son " Hampton " 

 has carried on this best strain of the famous " Touchstone" 

 line, and "Ayrshire" now seems destined to keep the breed 

 still in great prominence. 



"Thormanby" was another grand racehorse who also held 

 court at Moorlands. His celebrated dam, " Alice Haw- 

 thorn," was foaled not far off, at the old hunting lodge of 

 James I., now turned into a farmhouse, which stands close 

 to Blue Bridge, upon the Easingwold road. 



" Thormanby " was a splendid specimen of the massive 

 thoroughbred in its highest form, No one could have 

 applied the epithet of "coachy" to him. He was built more 

 upon the lines of the highest type of weight-carrying 

 hunter, and looked the thorough gentleman that he was, — 

 a long, low horse, with a beautifully-turned head, neck, 

 and quarters, and great muscular development. Quite a 

 different type was " Scottish Chief," a most restless horsej 

 ever with his head aloft tramping round his box. The 

 chief points that struck the observer were his very 

 powerful quarters and immense development of the second 

 thighs, whilst his shoulders, too, were very good. He was 

 also extremely lengthy from his hips to his hocks, and 

 remarkably short from there to the ground ; in fact, his 

 quarters were fashioned more like a greyhound than those 

 of any great horse that I can remember. 



Two totally different kinds of horses of extraordinary 

 power were " Knight of the Garter" and " Vanderdecken." 

 Both of them were over 1 7 hands in height, black browns, 



