l66 ON THE HACKNEY AND HUNTER. 



the fore-arms and thighs ; leannefs and fytnme- 

 try of the head, large and bright eyes, pafterns 

 fomewhat longer, and more inclining than com- 

 mon, and deer-like hoofs. Of thefe'a horfe 

 will generally partake in proportion to his de- 

 gree of blood. 



Since we acquire fymmetry, eafe of motion, 

 fpeed and continuance, in proportion to the 

 racing blood our hacknies and hunters poflefs, 

 it may be demanded, why not make ufe exclu- 

 fively of full-bred horfes ? Ofmer has fpoken 

 decidedly in their favour. I have heard it af- 

 firmed by a fportfman, that there is the fame 

 difference of motion between a racer and a 

 common bred horfe, as between a coach and a 

 cart. It is moreover a fact, although it does 

 not lie upon the furface, that no other horfes 

 are capable of carrying, with expedition, fuch 

 heavy weights ; and were a thirty (tone plate to 

 be given, and the diftance made fifty miles, it 

 would be everlaflingly won by a thorough-bred 

 horfe. There is only one way in which a bred 

 horfe would be beat at high weights. It would 

 be (to ufe a queer phrafe) by making it a ftand- 

 flill race ; in that cafe, I would back a cart* 

 horfe ; I think he would beat a racer by hours. 

 Thorough-bred hacks are the moil docile and 

 quiet, and the leafl liable to fhy of all others ; 

 they alfo fweat lefs on a journey. 



He who poffeffes a thorough-bred hack or 



hunter, 



