ability exhibited in the handling gainedthe painter no little reputation. It must be addedthat he was lucky in his equine subject, for BlueRuin was known as an extraordinary hunter.Foaled in 1810, Blue Ruin derived his namefrom the fact that he was bred by a gin distillerat Maidstone ; he was three… … Ul D O-(/> UJ LijQ a:< zIo WILLIAM EARRAUD 49 Warde, who, as his picture shows, was no ordinarywelter weight. On one occasion Blue Ruin waslent to Mr. Assheton Smith, who rode him throughan extraordinary run which lasted nearly an hour ;not a man of the field could catch them, and thehorse…
Horses · Animals in art · Zoological illustration · Painters -- England
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