APPENDIX I 



VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS OF THE THOROUGHBRED 

 GIVEN IN AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN THIS WORK 



Not so stout ; not such good stayers ; speedy weeds. 



Preponderance of unsuitable animals. 



Unfit stallions ; a lamentable want of good stallions. 



Stayers exceedingly scarce. 



Useless brutes ; ill-bred, nervous, ugly, soft-hearted, and 



sickly brutes. 

 No good remounts to be got in Australia. 

 Never before were there so many complaints of want of 



constitution, bone, endurance, and ability to carry 



weight. 

 General run of horses not nearly so good; strong tendency 



to deterioration. 

 Bad fore-legs — quite stilts, in fact. 

 Spindle-shanked weeds ; the veriest weeds. 

 Horses that would drop before a few miles were covered. 

 Deplorable deterioration ; sadly disappointing. 

 Rubbish — a disgrace to the men who bred them ; never 



before had such a collection of inferior horses been 



gathered together. 

 Not worthy of entry — mere weeds, lacking in the sub- 

 stance necessary. 

 Strength, stoutness, and courage, for which the breed was 



once famous, have been completely ignored. 

 A larger proportion of horses of an entirely unsuitable 



class. 



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