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bottom. Thus, in 1754, one of these, belonging to 

 a Mr. Corker, performed, without distress, one hun- 

 dred miles a day, for three successive days, over 

 the Newmarket course. Another Galloway, be- 

 longing to a Mr. Swelan, executed, at Carlisle, the 

 extraordinary feat of going one thousand miles in a 

 thousand hours. Among the New Foresters, there 

 is a breed of blue-greys, with large dark spots, 



The Dartmoor and Exmoor are now also much 

 adulterated, since the moors have been parcelled out 

 and partly divided by stone-walls. Formerly this 

 breed of horses bore all the characters of true de- 

 scendants of the ancient British ; it was, and even 

 now is, wild, daring, cunning, and intelligent ; 

 always ascending towards the Tors or rocky preci- 

 pices for safety, and often escaping by leaping 

 down high blocks, or jumping over the pursuers 

 when they were thought to be at bay. It was one 

 of this race that started from London for Exeter 

 with the mail, and notwithstanding the repeated 

 changes and hard driving, accomplished the whole 

 distance, being one hundred and seventy-two miles, 

 a quarter of an hour before the coach. Another, 

 with a heavy rider, similarly outstripped the coach 

 between Bristol and South Molton, a run of eighty- 

 six miles. 



Of the Ardennes horses, and the Bidets and 

 double Bidets of Brittany, some notice has been 

 already taken, and the Asturian and other smaller 

 horses of Spain were likewise mentioned ; but we 

 may add to the foregoing two races, which may be 



