i()2 THE HISTORY AND ART 



information, which is fufEciently clear and authentic, 

 to enable us to decide upon their merit, which, it is 

 probable, if it could be exadly tried and ftated, wOuld 

 not be found to be fo fuperior to the Englifli horfes, as 

 it is reprefented, either in fpeed, refolution, or pati- 

 ence of fatigue. 



The fon and heir apparent of James, Henry Prince 

 of Wales, had an early and eager difpolition to thofe 

 exercifes, which tend at once to engage and employ the 

 mind, form the body, and add grace to ftrength and 

 adlivity. For thefe reafons he cultivated horfemanfliip 

 with equal pleafure and application, and the art would 

 have boafted in him its greatefl ornament and fupport, 

 had not an untimely death deprived the world of this 

 amiable prince, and the Manege of an affectionate and 

 zealous protedtor. All that is known of him, is, that 

 he loved it extremely, that he procured feveral foreign 

 horfes, as the fitted to be employed in it from their 

 natural talents, and the gracefulncfs of their motion ; 

 and that Henry IV. of France fent an experienced and 

 eminent horfenian, whofe name was St. Antoine, to in- 

 {lru(5t him in the art, There was a riding-houfe in St. 

 James's palace, in which this young prince exercifed 

 himfelf, and received his leffons. 



Several other writers upon the fubjedt of horfes, 

 fpeak of his love and fondnefs of them, both in the 

 Manege and hunting, and conceived great hopes of the 

 advantages which the kingdom would reap from the 

 Smds which he formed, and the Races he eflabliflied. 



Hence 



