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beautiful, but more masculine in its expres- 

 sion than Attila's. Langar's was another of 

 the glorious heads, and so were Dr. Syntax's, 

 Mameluke's, Partisan's, and Venison's, with 

 his deep jowl and tapering nose. Mr. Her- 

 ring considered that the coarsest thorough- 

 bred horse he ever painted was Ardrossan, 

 the sire of Jack Spigot (the first of his St. 

 Leger winning series), as his neck was really 

 heavier than even Stubbs's sketch of the 

 Godolphin Arab ; and Welbeck, the sire of 

 the neat little Bedlamite, ranks nearly as 

 high in his list of the Ugly Club. 



" Next I came across the original sketch 

 of Bay Middleton, just as it was left about a 

 quarter of a century ago. It occupied only 

 one hour and ten minutes, but looks like the 

 work of a whole day. No horse, impressed 

 Mr. Herring more firmly than this son of 

 Sultan with the belief that he had the heart 

 and muscular energy to do what he liked 

 with his fields. George Villiers, Fifth Earl of 

 Jersey, stood by the easel watching every 

 stroke as it was dashed in ; and seldom had 

 painter a higher stimulus to bring all his 

 power into his hand." 

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