76 THE PERCHEEON HORSE. 



If, in obedience to urgent considerations, and in the ab- 

 sence of oriental horses, it becomes necessary to have re- 

 course to English blood, choose quarter-bred stallions 

 at the most half-bred but of an ancient" race, and well- 

 confirmed, with a well-opened and expressive eye, fine ac- 

 tion, high spirit, and especially a total absence of irrita- 

 bility, and with all the appearances of honesty and apti- 

 tude for work. 



For the innate defects of the English, generally impres- 

 sible, susceptible, and unintelligent, cannot be too carefully 

 guarded against. Delicate, a great eater, and requiring 

 great care, he must, if honest, be well worked ; if not, he 

 pays ill his cost, and robs the hand which nourishes him. 

 He should always be selected from a working family, and 

 be himself a free worker. He who wishes to embark in 

 horse-breeding will avoid more than one shoal by observ- 

 ing these simple considerations. 



The delicate English horse, fond of his manger, bearing 

 but little continuous and monotonous work, requiring of 

 those that have charge of him tact, mildness, and an ad- 

 vanced equestrian education, is the horse of the rich man, 

 and the man of pleasure, of the lover of the turf and chase, 

 and of the wealthy farmer, who looks more to the beauty 

 of his stock than to the quantity of its work. 



The Arabian, sober, energetic, and laborious, is the horse 

 for the small proprietor, the soldier, and the laborer. He 

 is the wealth of the poorer and less improved countries. 



The draft-horse is only suited to the farmer, and his size 

 should be adapted not only to the district in which he is 

 to be used, but also to the standard of cultivation of the 

 country, and to the means of the person requiring his 

 services. He may be improved, may be a trotter, and 

 may be more stylish, but should always be adapted to the 

 means of the breeder, and to the richness of the country. 

 A large and fine animal would only vegetate in the hands 

 of a person whose land is scarcely sufficient to support his 



