From The Encyclopedia of the Horse, edited by Elwyn Hartley Edwards
Black Hand - the foundation stallion of the Pony of the Americas breed
A Mongolian herder on the steppe of Hovd province. Photograph Kate Molleson for the Guardian
Now he takes a startling stone-wall, at which the Baker bounds so as to hit his rider's head against the branch of an impending ash and knocks his old hat right down over his nose.
"Rot the beggar !" exclaims Romford, spurring him across a rough fallow, extricating his head as he goes.
John Leech and Hablot K Browne (AKA "Phiz") - hand colored etching - an illustration from Mr Facey Romford's Hounds
An illustration by John Leech from the book Mr Facey Romford's Hounds by Robert S Surtees
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