. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . BewicJc ildsScvh) THE HUNTER Is a happy combination of the Race-Horfe with others offuperior ftrength, but inferior in fwiftnefs •, and may beconfidered as the moft ufeful breed of Horfes in fpirit and activity in the field are well known, andcan only be equalled by the perfeverance with which theyendure the much more fevere labour of polling on theroad, which is now carried on by this adlive and hardyrace, with a celerity unknown at any former period. Geldings of this kind are fent over to the continent ingreat nu
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . BewicJc ildsScvh) THE HUNTER Is a happy combination of the Race-Horfe with others offuperior ftrength, but inferior in fwiftnefs •, and may beconfidered as the moft ufeful breed of Horfes in fpirit and activity in the field are well known, andcan only be equalled by the perfeverance with which theyendure the much more fevere labour of polling on theroad, which is now carried on by this adlive and hardyrace, with a celerity unknown at any former period. Geldings of this kind are fent over to the continent ingreat numbers: Their fuperior worth is univerfally ac-knowledged abroad; and they are fold at very high pricesto foreigners of the firft diflincStion. The mixture of this with others of inferior rank formsan endlefs variety, the different gradations becoming toominute to be difcriminated. HISTORY OF THE OLD ENGLISH ROAD-HORSE Is a ftrong, vigorous, and a61:ive kind, capable of en-during great hardfliip ; its ftature rather low, feldom ex-ceeding fifteen hands; the body round and compadl, itslimbs ftrong, and its head thick. Although this breed has of late years been negleft-ed, and almoft totally fuperfeded by Horfes of anotherkind, more nearly related to the Race-Horfe, where thefafhion of figure feems to have been preferred to utility,we cannot help congratulating our aflbciated country-men* on their fpirited exertions towards public improve-ment, in which nothing of excellency in the various kindsof domeftic animals is fuffered to efcape their vigilance,and this kind is again likely to be brought into mare of this breed, in the pofleflion of Arthur Mow-bray, Efq. of Sherburn, appears to us to poflefs all thevaluable properties attributed to the old Road-Horfe. * Agricultural Societie*. lO HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS.
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