. The Brookfield Stud : (Highgate Road, London, , and Shenley, Herts) of old English breeds of horses .... Brookfield Stud Farm (England); Horses; Horses; Horses. EXPLANATOEY HE preceding pages will explain themselves ; with regard to the rest, a few words will make the plan of this work clear. In my Preface will be found some account of the origin of the Stud, and some comments upon the question of horse-breeding in England. The descriptive introduction by Mr. Vero Shaw (which appeared as a Preface to a former Catalogue), and his Notes on the horses, have been amended, where necess
. The Brookfield Stud : (Highgate Road, London, , and Shenley, Herts) of old English breeds of horses .... Brookfield Stud Farm (England); Horses; Horses; Horses. EXPLANATOEY HE preceding pages will explain themselves ; with regard to the rest, a few words will make the plan of this work clear. In my Preface will be found some account of the origin of the Stud, and some comments upon the question of horse-breeding in England. The descriptive introduction by Mr. Vero Shaw (which appeared as a Preface to a former Catalogue), and his Notes on the horses, have been amended, where necessary, and retained. Every animal that has been in the Stud since its foundation is entered in this Edition, with the exception of the Harness Horses and Hacks and young geldings. A list of the Stallions and Mares which have been sold from the Stud up to the end of 1890 will be found at the end of the book. The title-name of each animal described is in the heading printed thus: " 873 ; The number to the animal (in the case of the Hackney Stud Book the number is always placed after Stallions and before Mares) refers, unless other capital initials are appended to it, to the Stud Book of the breed to which the animal belongs, which is stated clearly at the head of every page. Under each name full and exact particulars are given of the sex, height (except in the case of animals three years old and under), and age of every animal, also the name, address, and county of the breeder, in the case of animals not bred at the Brookfield Stud. Then follow particulars of the breeding. Where the sire or dam, or both, are in the Brookfield Stud, the particulars of their pedigree are supplied by a reference to the pages on which they appear. In all other cases tolerably full particulars of the sire and dam are given, and they can be further followed up in their respective Stud Books. Following the particulars of pedigree come Mr. Vero Shaw's Descriptions, initialed , and my
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