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SIZE AND MAKE UP OF GAINSBOROUGH spoken and written about as if ho wore on the small side but this is not strictly correct He is not a big one in point of height indeed lie hardly stands 153 but he is exceedingly powerful with great bone remarkable depth and heart room broad muscular back and quarters the latter well let down and wide to follow There have been many Derby and St Leger winners about the same height such for example as Silvio Melton Donovan Rock Sand Trontbeck and Payardo himself Night Hawk and Black Jes ¬ ter the last winner of the St Leger at Doncaster stood little if at all higher than Gainsborough when they won Lady James Douglas champion is some ¬ what more of a multum in narvo than any of those mentioned and it was this quality that prevented his being iKiu ht as a yearling when being rather big in condition ho was voted too set and stuffy to grow out into a race horse of merit He is so good in his middle piece and his back ribs are so deep and well surung that any one looking at him now when fully trained can understand how such a mistake was made about his prospects when ho was a rather fat yearling There were good judges how ¬ ever who were not misled at that time and Mr Simons Harrison was one of them but he was not a buyer Vigilant in London Sportsman
