ABILITY TO CARRY WEIGHT. 80 



boned thoroughbred horse can carry a comparatively 

 heavj" man through deep ploughed fields further and 

 faster than the more strongly-built half-bred hunter. 

 The explanation, I take it, is this : the slower a 

 horse goes compared with his best pace the longer 

 he can last without being beat. Now, at the pace 

 at which hounds ordinarily run, the thoroughbred 

 horse is only going at half speed, that is, at a canter, 

 while the half-bred horse, being much slower, has 

 :o go at full gallop, or nearly so. It is generally 

 explained by saying that a thoroughbred horse will 

 stay longer than a half-bred horse ; but I do not 

 think it is at all clearly proved that a thoroughbred 

 horse can gallop at the toj) of his siieecl, for a longer 

 time than the half-bred horse at the top of his ; but 

 being much faster he will cover considerably more 

 Of round in that time. 



