. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. H. B. 59 exported to America, became the root of a many-branched pedigree of the best trotting-horses of the United States. Mambrino is quoted as one of the examples of "strength with quality" which the author of an anonymous work, published in 1836* and illustrated with a series of rudely-executed litho- graphs, though
. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. H. B. 59 exported to America, became the root of a many-branched pedigree of the best trotting-horses of the United States. Mambrino is quoted as one of the examples of "strength with quality" which the author of an anonymous work, published in 1836* and illustrated with a series of rudely-executed litho- graphs, thought it the duty of the nation to cultivate. The weight of evidence would incline one to believe that the race-horse, as exhibited in the winners of the great annual races, viz., the Derby, the Oaks, and the St. Leger, was as perfect for all practical purposes in 1803 as at the present day ; whether he was as fast for running purposes has long been a matter of dispute. Gimcrack, a dark iron-grey horse, who was less than 15 hands in height, was bred in 1760 by Mr. Gideon Elliott, of Murrell Green, in Hampshire, and was got by Cripple, his dam being. ^.,//<€^f ECLIPSE AS A RACE I- ( TllH- rORTKArr 1:Y SllllBS.) by Mr. Grisewood's Partner. Gimcrack during his racing career passed through many hands, having been successively the property of his breeder, of Mr. Green, Mr. Wildman, Lord Boling- broke, Count Lauraguais, Sir C. Bunbury, and Lord Grosvenor. Gimcrack started for the first time at Epsom in 1764, and won seven races—all that he started for—during his first year. From 1764 to 1770 inclusive he ran in a vast number of races, most of them in heats, and over a distance of ground, and was beaten but ten times during his long and active career. He is the only English race-horse after whom a still existing association is named, and the Gimcrack Club at York, founded in 1766, attests his excellence and prowess. Gimcrack was always a prodigious favourite with Admiral Rou
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