. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . At HISTORY OF THE RACE-HORSE. In Great-Britain the breed of Horfes feems to be asmixed as that of its inhabitants.—By great attention tothe improvement of this noble animal, by a judiciousmixture of feveral kinds, and by fuperior fkill in manage-ment, the Englifh Race-Horfe* is allowed to excel thofe * The following account of the prizes won by fome of our ca-pital Race-Horfes, will fliew the importance of that breed in Eng-land, where fuch vaft fums frequently depend on the ilTue of theircontefls: — Bay Malton, (b
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . At HISTORY OF THE RACE-HORSE. In Great-Britain the breed of Horfes feems to be asmixed as that of its inhabitants.—By great attention tothe improvement of this noble animal, by a judiciousmixture of feveral kinds, and by fuperior fkill in manage-ment, the Englifh Race-Horfe* is allowed to excel thofe * The following account of the prizes won by fome of our ca-pital Race-Horfes, will fliew the importance of that breed in Eng-land, where fuch vaft fums frequently depend on the ilTue of theircontefls: — Bay Malton, (by Sampfon) the property of the late Marquisof Rockingham, in (even prizes won the amazing fum of 5,900!.At York, he ran four nniles in fcven minutes and forty-three andan half fcconds, which was feven and an haU feconds lefs timethan it wa? ever done before over the fame coiufe. Childers, (well known by the name of Tlying Childers) thepropertv of the Duke of Dcvonfliire, was allowed by fportfmen tobe the fleetefl: Horfe that ever was bred in the world : He llartedrepeatedly at Newmark
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