of Market Weighton, Yorkshire. I reckoned him at 

 that time the best stallion in England. In height 

 about 15 hands i| inch, on well-formed, short legs, 

 good feet, deep girth, quarter symmetrical, full of 

 courage, with wonderfully all-round true action; and 

 Phenomenon proved a valuable sire, as the Yorkshire 

 mares although sizeable, lacked girth, symmetrical 

 form and action. The stallions in use at that time, 

 in the district of Market Weighton, were very inferior 

 and leggy." 



The success of Phenomenon in Yorkshire 

 induced Mr. Phillips to recommend his Con- 

 tinental customers to purchase sires of this 

 breed for use in their studs. He sold 

 several horses* got by Norfolk Cob, the sire 

 of Phenomenon, as stallions to go abroad. 

 " One in particular he remembers he sold to 

 a nobleman in Normandy, which, put upon 

 thoroughbred mares produced remarkable 

 stock." (Hackney Society's Stud Book 

 vol. I, Introduction, by H. F. Euren.) 



What measure of success attended this 

 step we may gather from the statement of 

 the late Mr. Hetherington, who was a large 

 buyer of horses for Continental Govern- 

 ments. He stated in his evidence before 

 the Irish Commission on Horse Breeding 

 that he had purchased Hackney stallions 



* Among these was Kendle's Norfolk Cob (476), 

 sold in 1845 or 1846. 



