HISTORY OF HORSE-RACING. 



Two steedes fownde King Richard, 

 That Von Fazell, that other Syard, 

 Yn this worlde they hadde no pere ; 

 Dromedary, rabyte, ne cammele 

 Goeth none so swifte without fayle, 

 For a thousand pounde of golde 

 He shoulde the one be solde. 



Edward II. was particularly fond of horses, and the war- 

 like genius of Edward III. induced him to procure supplies of 

 them from distant countries. Historians inform us that this 

 valiant prince was at one time indebted to the Count of Hain- 

 ault 25,000 florins for horses which he had furnished. 



Edward III. bought 

 'running-horses ' at the 

 price of 137. 6.?. &d. each 

 equal to 1 6o/. in money Herds of horses, 



of the present day. He 



received a present of two fencing horses from the King of Na- 

 varre, and gave 100 shillings to the person who brought them. 



In this age horses were divided into the managed, or those 

 disciplined for war, and into coursers, amblers, palfreys, nags, 



