CHAPTER THREE 

 THE THOROUGHBRED IN AMERICA 



IN the previous chapter I have told, as well as I 

 could/ how the English race-horse was developed 

 by a commingling of Oriental blood with that of 

 horses that had been used for sporting purposes 

 in our mother country. I confess that my expla- 

 nation must seem very slipshod to any who are 

 looking for a mathematically exact exposition of 

 facts. Nothing would have pleased me better 

 than to have been able to gratify the natural 

 craving that people have for exactness. But I 

 cannot be less general than I have, for more 

 specific information is not at my command. It was 

 simply demonstrated by practical experiments 

 that the mixture of the bloods mentioned produced 

 a very fast and sturdy horse that was superior to 

 what had previously been known in England, to- 

 gether with the more important fact that this 



