64 THE MORSE. 



He is buried in the garden, under the southwest 

 battery, at Marsa, near Floriland, in the island of 

 Malta. 



THE RACE HORSE. 



It has been stated, upon good authority, that the 

 race horse is not an aboriginal of Europe, but that it 

 derives its breed from the warmer climes of Asia. 

 It is undoubtedly a fact, that the horses of G-reat 

 Britain surpass those of all other breeds, for the turf, 

 for the chase, or for the road. The English race- 

 horse in blood is nearly allied to the true Arabian 

 courser, but is much larger, and is not to be surpassed 

 by any coursers in the world. Take a thorough- 

 bred English racer, and whether he is placed on the 

 burning plains of India, or in the frigid regions of the 

 north, it will be found that he has a spirit, a speed, 

 and a courage, unequaled by any other quadruped 

 of the same species in the world. It is related, that 

 an ordinary racer has been known to go at the rate 

 of a mile in less than two minutes ; but there have 

 been instances of horses running nearly a mile in one 

 minute. 



The form of the head of the English racer resem- 

 bles that of the Arabian. The neck is beautifully 

 arched, (one of the greatest beauties in the horse ;) 

 his shoulders are oblique and lengthened ; his hind 

 legs are well proportioned; his quarters ample and 

 muscular; his whole legs, from the knee downwards, 

 sufficiently graduated, 



" Small by degrees and beautifully less." 



ThorougJi-hred is a term employed in Britain to 

 indicate the descent of a horse from the Eastern, or 

 Arabian courser; but there can be no doubt that the 

 English racer has been much improved by the com- 

 mixture of his blood with that of Asia. The horses 

 of the first blood, remarks a good judge, or such as 



