10 DETERIORATED CONDITION OF 



raised for that war, exhibited a union of 

 strength and activity unknown at the time he 

 was speaking (1826), yet our cavalry horses in 

 1826 were much better than at present. 



The Polish, Cossack, and Hungarian horses 

 being little removed from a state of nature, 

 still possess the one great attribute of animals 

 in that condition, namely, great hardiness. 



This is the only civilized country that has 

 ever succeeded in breeding anything like a suf- 

 ficient supply of a fine class of saddle-horses, 

 and she has now failed. 



