The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing . cceeded, is best con-firmed by the fact of the high estimation in whichthe horses of Great Britain are held in all parts ofthe civilized world; and it is not too much toassert, that, although the cold, humid, and variablenature of our climate is by no means favourable tothe production of these animals in their xery bestform^ we have, by great care, and after a lapse of INTRODUCTION. nearly two centuries, by our attention to breeding,high feeding, and g
The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing . cceeded, is best con-firmed by the fact of the high estimation in whichthe horses of Great Britain are held in all parts ofthe civilized world; and it is not too much toassert, that, although the cold, humid, and variablenature of our climate is by no means favourable tothe production of these animals in their xery bestform^ we have, by great care, and after a lapse of INTRODUCTION. nearly two centuries, by our attention to breeding,high feeding, and good grooming, with consequentdevelopment of the muscles, brought them to thehighest state of perfection (with one exception*) ofwhich their nature is susceptible. They may beclassed under the following heads, and treated ofindividually, viz. the Race-Horse, thorough-bredand not thorough-bred; the Hunter; the Hack-ney, for various purposes ; the Charger; the Troop-Horse; the Coach, Chariot, and Grig Horse ; theStage-coach and Post Horse; and the Draught orCart Horse. * The exception is the English cart-horse, as will be stated 4^^^- THE RACE HORSE. PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENGLISH BREED MEANING OF THE TERM BLOOD EASTERN HORSES BREEDING WHAT CONSTITUTES A THOROUGH-BRED HORSE ? REARING OF YOUNG RACING STOCK IM-PORTANCE OF WARMTH AND DRY FOOD FORM ACTION WIND TEMPER SPEED EXPENSES OF A BREEDING RACING STUD VALUE OF STAKES AND PRIZES COLOUR OF THE THOROUGH-BRED HORSE THE HALF-BRED RACER WETHERBys STUD-BOOK. Although we may safely pronounce that thenative-breed of English horses, however esteemedfor other purposes, could not jrice^ in the presentacceptation of that word, yet it is equally obviousthat they formed the parent stock of the renownedEnglish racer. The first step to improve it by across with eastern blood, appears to have beentaken by James the First, who gave the enormoussum (in those days) of £500 for an Arab stallion,which, however, the Duke of Newcas
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