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that we sometimes get fast trotters from the continent, or Horses and 

 mares producing such. It is the style of the times, to dress and convert 

 any fashionable hunter or hackney, or a bred-horse, into a charger. 

 The light troops are mounted on strong, active, half and three part 

 bred geldings, bred chiefly in the north. The heavy blacks, compara- 

 tively light Horse to those of former days, are bred in the midland coun- 

 ties, and generally shew continental, Flanders or German blood. Our 

 cavalry are generally well mounted. 



The breeding counties for saddle Horses, are Yorkshire, the Bishop- 

 ric of Durham, and I believe Northumberland ; part of Lincolnshire and 

 Norfolk, and within the last twenty years, Shropshire and the Welsh 

 border. In the North, all kinds of saddle and coach-horses are bred 

 from some strong racers, but most usually, from half and three 

 part-bred stallions, and such mares as are found in the country. The 

 coach-horses are produced by large mares, which have a shew of blood, 

 a requisite now, for all our quick draught horses, thorough-bred racers 

 even being frequently applied to that purpose, particularly in the 

 curricle. Lincolnshire and Norfolk have been, within these thirty or forty 

 years, famous for trotters, breeding from stallions, properly formed for, 

 and excelling in that qualification. These are probably the best hacks 

 which England produces. Shropshire, I am informed, owes its present 

 breeding-system chiefly to the late Earl Grosvenor. They have at present, 

 a great number of stallions in that neighbourhood, for the most part, 

 thorough-bred; some of them covering gratis, I believe by the favour 

 of Lord Grosvenor, who patriotically desires to encourage the breed- 

 ing of Horses in those parts, so well calculated for the purpose. The 

 Shropshire Horses are of the fashionable, hunting-like, shewy kind, and 

 will doubtless suit the foreign markets, whenever the blessing of peace 

 may fortunately open them to us again. I have not seen a thorough- 

 shaped nag from Shropshire; few of them have hitherto come under 

 my observation, but I had lately some concern in the bargaining for 

 one, a blood bay gelding, the price of which was one hundred and sixty 

 guineas, although the Horse was full aged. 



Chariot-horses, are below the full coach size, about the height of the 

 curricle horse, with more substance and weight. These last, with the 



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