152 ROAD, TRACK, AND STABLE. 



cicled in about the same time that it takes to kill the 

 speedy Reynard of the present day. 



The time may come when the universal horse for 

 harness or for saddle will be a thoroughbred. " Thor- 

 oughbreds," says one writer in the Badminton volume 

 on Eacing, " are the best for all kinds of work, except 

 of course that of heavy draught horses," and thorough- 

 bred mares have been used for ploughing on at least 

 one farm in England. The thoroughbred horse is not 

 necessarily a long-legged greyhound kind of beast. 

 Even at this day, though not so commonly as when 

 the process of developing a racing machine from 

 Eastern stock began, thoroughbreds are found with 

 comparatively short legs, well rounded bodies, necks 

 inclined to arch, and in general not devoid of those 

 graceful curves which, in the modern racer, have 

 mainly been supplanted by straight lines. Such a 

 thoroughbred is Mr. Burdett-Coutts's hunter sire, True- 

 fit ; such also is the well known American horse, Duke 

 of Magenta ; and such was Glencoe, one of the most 

 beautiful horses ever imported to this country. 1 



In this neighborhood most men who ride own but 

 one saddle horse, and commonly their stud begins and 

 ends with him. He should be, therefore, an all-round 

 horse, fit to carry his master from a suburban home to 

 the city, and to do this day after day on hard roads. 

 He should also be ready at all times for a spin across 

 country, — a fast trotter, a fairly good jumper, and, 



1 Glencoe was foaled in 1831, and imported in 1837. He was 

 by Sultan: dam, Trampoline by Tramp; second dam, Web by 

 Waxey. Many trotters, including Jay-Eye-See with a record of 

 2.10, trace to Glencoe through their dams. His thoroughbred son^ 

 Rifleman, is the sire of Colonel Lewis, whose record is 2.18|. 



