THE HOESE 



There -svas no difficulty about thirty years ago, as I 

 am informed, in procuring a considerable nimiber of 

 sound, strong, active, and safe-stepping horses, in any- 

 fair in the province of Ulster, Connaught, or Munster ; 

 but the case is so far altered at present, that a person 

 might travel over a wide district of country before he 

 would find one sure-footed, well-proportioned, useful- 

 looking, and really sound animal. It is much to be 

 feared, moreover, that the last observ^ation might be 

 applied vnih great propriety to a large proportion of 

 England and Scotland. Let a person go where he may, 

 he will find some trouble in procuring a horse of the 

 right stamp — one that is properly adapted to the pm-- 

 pose for wliich he may be requii'ed. 



In the days of our fathers, there was an invaluable 

 breed of horses in Ireland, which is now all but ex- 

 tinct. We will never, perhaps, look upon their like 

 again. No judge could avoid admiring them. They 

 had neat and lively-looking heads ; hght and well set- 



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