. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . of Oliver Cromwell, a South-Eastern horse wmbrought into England. This beautiful animal was called the WhiteTurk, and his name, and that of his keeper will long be afterwards appeared the Helmsley Turk, introduced by Villiers,the first Duke of Buckingham. He was followed by Fairfaxs Moroccobarb. These horses speedily effected a considerable change
. A new family encyclopedia, or, Compendium of universal knowledge : comprehending a plain and practical view of those subjects most interesting to persons, in the ordinary professions of life : illustrated by numerous engravings . of Oliver Cromwell, a South-Eastern horse wmbrought into England. This beautiful animal was called the WhiteTurk, and his name, and that of his keeper will long be afterwards appeared the Helmsley Turk, introduced by Villiers,the first Duke of Buckingham. He was followed by Fairfaxs Moroccobarb. These horses speedily effected a considerable change in the charac-ter of the English breed, so that Lord Harleigh, one of the old school,complained that the great horse was fast disappearing, and that horseawere now bred light and fine, for the sake of speed only. At the Restoration, a new impulse was given to the cultivation ofthe horse, by the inclination of the court to patronize gaiety and dissi-pation. The races at Newmarket were restored, and as an additionalspur to emulation, royal plates were now given at each of the principalcourses. Charles II. sent his master of the horse to the Levant to purchasebrood mares and stallions. These were principally Barbs and Terms commonly made use of to denote the external parts of the Horse, From that period to the middle of the last century, the system of im-provement was zealously pursued; every variety of Eastern blood wa?occasionally engrafted on the English, and the superiority of the engraft-ed, above the very best of the original stock, began to be evident. Stilltome imagined that the speed and stoutness might possibly be increased :and Mr. Darley, in the latter part of the reign of Queen Anne, had re-course to the discarded and despised Arabian. He had much prejudice ENCYCLOPEDIA, 63 DESCRIPTION OF THE HORSE. to contend with, and it was some time before the Darley Arabian attract-ed notice. At length the value of his stock produce began to be recog-nized, and to him th
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