An important album of racehorse hair trophies collected by John Porter, each lock of tail or mane hair tied in ribbon and fastened to the pages of the album above identification in the hand of John Porter, the racehorses comprising: Common, Doncaster, Donovan, Bend Or, Ormonde, Gonsalvo, La Fleche, Sainfoin, Lord Lyon, Corie Roy, Marie Stuart, Hermit, Janette, Bendigo, Shotover, Paradox, Merry Hampton, Springfields, Isonomy, St Simon, Melton, Minting, George Frederick, St Gatien, Wheel of Fortune, Sefton, Thebais, Foxhall, Robert The Devil, Galopin, Rosicrucian, Geheimniss, Barcaldine, Pero Gomez, Ladas, Bev Jones, Orme, Grey Leg, Cloister, Omladina, Diamond Jubilee, Galtee More, Persimmon & La Roche, further samples are in the album in envelopes for Ormonde & Shotover together with original corresponce from the Sefton Stud & Exeter House regarding hair being sent to Porter, the album concluding with a hair trophy from Porter's grey hack Jack
£12,000 - £15,000
An important album of racehorse hair trophies collected by John Porter, each lock of tail or mane hair tied in ribbon and fastened to the pages of the album above identification in the hand of John Porter, the racehorses comprising: Common, Doncaster, Donovan, Bend Or, Ormonde, Gonsalvo, La Fleche, Sainfoin, Lord Lyon, Corie Roy, Marie Stuart, Hermit, Janette, Bendigo, Shotover, Paradox, Merry Hampton, Springfields, Isonomy, St Simon, Melton, Minting, George Frederick, St Gatien, Wheel of Fortune, Sefton, Thebais, Foxhall, Robert The Devil, Galopin, Rosicrucian, Geheimniss, Barcaldine, Pero Gomez, Ladas, Bev Jones, Orme, Grey Leg, Cloister, Omladina, Diamond Jubilee, Galtee More, Persimmon & La Roche, further samples are in the album in envelopes for Ormonde & Shotover together with original corresponce from the Sefton Stud & Exeter House regarding hair being sent to Porter, the album concluding with a hair trophy from Porter's grey hack Jack