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Half-bred  Horses  for  Field  or  Road : 
mare,  out  of  a daughter  of  old  Snap.  This  horse  on  Thursday 
the  8th  January,  1824,  before-mentioned,  was  mounted  by  the 
Whipper  in  at  4 o’clock  in  the  morning,  and  ridden  14  miles  to* 
Covert,  and  carried  him  well,  without  one  fall,  through  a chace 
of  at  least  60  miles,  and  home  again  27  miles,  by  the  turn-pike 
Road,  by  eleven  that  night,  (full  100  miles  in  all)  without 
receiving  the  least  Refreshment,  and  was  quite  playful  again  in 
3 days,  and  though  he  carried  his  owner  on  the  preceding 
Monday  the  5th  through  a chace  of  one  continued  Burst  of  at 
least  12  miles,  and  about  6 more  of  cold  hunting.  He  is  master 
of  17  Stone,  the  weight  of  Mr.  Powell,  (who  bred  him)  who 
once  rode  him  18  hours  and  much  of  that  time  at  full  speed  in 
driving  the  hill  Ponies  off  Clun  Forest  for  the  Earl  of  Powis, 
and  it  was  the  next  day  that  the  present  owner  saw  him  looking 
quite  fresh,  and  bought  him.  [200  gns.] 
10.  Grey  Gelding,  16  hands,  9 years  old  ; — Bred  by  Mr. 
•Tones,  the  Saddler  in  Shrewsbury,  and  got  by  Lutwycke ; — 
Dam  by  Acton  Burnell  Reyulus,  Grandam  by  Minister,  Great- 
Grandam  by  Snap.  This  was  the  first  horse  his  owner  bought 
to  follow  Foxhounds,  and  for  two  years  went  through  the  ha- 
rassing Service  of  breaking  in  young  hounds,  and  was  a chief 
mean  of  bringing  the  Montgomeryshire  hounds  to  kill  54  foxes 
out  of  63  found  last  Season. 
11.  Chesnot  Gelding,  16  hands,  6 years  old,  got  by  old 
Warwick. — This  a good  tempered  strong  horse,  but  untried. 
The  history  of  the  American  roadster  stallion,  “ Shepherd  F. 
Ivnapp  ” is  interesting  and  most  suggestive.  Major  Stapylton, 
of  My  ton,  brought  this  well-known  horse  into  Yorkshire  in  1869, 
at  a cost  of  500/.,  and  he  was  twenty-two  years  old  when  he 
died — or  rather  was  killed — in  September  1881.  I had  a con- 
versation with  my  friend  Major  Stapylton,  who  referred  me  for 
exact  particulars  to  his  agent,  an  old  acquaintance  of  mine, 
Mr.  Munby,  Estate  Office,  Myton,  Helperby,  York,  Avho  favoured 
me  with  an  obliging  communication.  Other  and  altogether 
independent  information  has  been  sent  me ; I have  also  as  a 
neighbour  some  personal  knowledge,  and  have  been  often  seen 
the  horse  trot  in  harness  at  the  Yorkshire  Shows.  He  was  in 
Norfolk  one  season,  where  his  stock  are  said  to  have  turned  out 
well. 
“ Shepherd  F.  Knapp,”  named  after  the  gentleman  who  bred 
him,  was  foaled  in  America ; his  pedigree  shows  him  to  be 
nearly  thoroughbred,  being  by  “ Eathan  Allan  ” out  of  an 
Arab  mare  ; “ Eathan  Allan,”  by  “ Morgan  Black  Hawk,”  by 
