134 QUEEN'S PREMIUM SIRES. 



An admirable specimen of such a horse 

 would have been the late Lord Bradford's 

 famous Chippendale, who not only during his 

 illustrious Turf career ran with great stout- 

 ness under heavy weights (for these days) 

 in long-distance races, and won in his turn 

 in the best of company, but wound up by 

 gaining first prize at the Royal. Many dis- 

 tinguished foreign and other visitors came to 

 see this fine horse, and the most critical 

 judges could find no fault in him, so perfect 

 was he in make, shape, action, disposition, 

 and all good equine qualities. Of course, so 

 fine a performer would have been far too 

 valuable a horse to send up for a Queen's/ 

 Premium, on winning which he would haye 

 had to cover at a low fee instead of the high 

 one which he naturally commanded ; but he 

 was just the type of horse I would myself 

 have chosen for a Queen's Premium, because ; 

 he united the attributes of almost a great 

 racehorse with the best points of the show 



