. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. THE HORSE 107 the seventeenth century. As early as the da^'s of the Crusades Arabian horses had been brought to England, and by the close of the Middle Ages much Spanish and Italian blood had been added to theirs ; but the history of pure blood, properly so called, does not begin until the reign of Charles II. Produced by the crossing of several races, the English Thorf)ughbred has the blood of several original races, especially the Oriental, but
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. THE HORSE 107 the seventeenth century. As early as the da^'s of the Crusades Arabian horses had been brought to England, and by the close of the Middle Ages much Spanish and Italian blood had been added to theirs ; but the history of pure blood, properly so called, does not begin until the reign of Charles II. Produced by the crossing of several races, the English Thorf)ughbred has the blood of several original races, especially the Oriental, but since the establishment of the genealogical record the breed has been kept pure. The best known ancestors of this breed are Byerly Turk, Derby Arabian, and Godolphin Arabian, who li\'ed in the last half of the seventeenth centur}- and the first half of the eighteenth. The Thor- oughbred is especially famous as a racer or running horse. Rapid gait and stay- ing power are the chief qualities of these animals whose form and e\-ery action re- veal a noble origin. The small, refined head, the delicate, long neck, the keen, intelligent eyes, the skin and hair so fine that the veins show through them, the broad chest, the long but robust back, the straight croup, can mold his action on the ammal kingdom by judicious bi-ee(ling, seletlion, training, and watchlul cai"e. Thrcjughout Eiu'ope, whenexer. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Voogt, Gos de, 1863-1918; Wormeley, Katharine Prescott; Burkett, Charles William, 1873- ed. Boston, Ginn & Company
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