1 66 Life and Times of " The Druid." 



the side of such muscular competitors. As 

 Voltigeur quietly paraded past the enclosure, 

 with a gait as sleepy as that of 'lazy Laner- 

 cost,' cries of ' He's ower big ! ' and ' He's 

 devilish dull ! ' burst from many a pair of 

 lips. His friends, however, knew better, 

 and felt that the Derby winner's heart was 

 in the right place, and that he had not an 

 ounce more flesh on him than a horse of his 

 make should carry. He is a dark brown 

 colt, rather above 15.3 in height, without 

 one spot of white, except a little on the off 

 hind foot. His head, which is coarse and 

 large, is fixed on to a very muscular, stallion- 

 like neck, while he is blessed with fine oblique 

 shoulders, powerful quarters drooping towards 

 a somewhat shabby tail, muscular thighs, 

 good hocks and knees, and abundance of 

 bone. As soon as Marson sent him down a 

 cracker from below the distance, his action 

 was greatly admired, and the workman-like 

 action of his hind legs was especially com- 

 mented on. Russborough had plenty of 

 eulogists, and inspired extra confidence in 

 some who swore that he was one of the 

 finest horses in the race. He is a dark 



