by A. Warren from this picture ; a reproductionof this plate faces this page. Daviss picture of Hermit deserves mention asone of his best equine portraits. Hermit was a grey,bred by Mr. Gates, of Brookwood Stumps, nearWoking, by Grey Skin out of a white Arab mare,and was considered by Charles Davis… … to >-D X RICHARD lURRETT DAVIS I45 more than a mile away. He stopped themultimately; from that time Charles Davis rodeHermit, and continued to do so till he was lamed,which happened after he had been worked fornine seasons. This picture was shown at theRoyal Academy E.xhibition of 1S40, and…
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