I7O ON THE HACKNEY AND HUNTEK. 



to breed Arabian horfes in England; Englifti 

 horfes in France, or Germany ; nor Yorkfhire 

 horfes in any other diftricl: of England. Only 

 the general principle of this reafoning appears 

 to be juft ; the application is totally erroneous. 

 There can exift no doubt of the favourable 

 influence of genial climature, and rich paftu- 

 rage. But it remains to be proved, that York- 

 fhire has ever excelled all other parts of Eng- 

 land, either in thofe refpe&s, or in the fuperior 

 quality of their Horfes; the reverfe, however, 

 at this time, needs no proof. In the number 

 of Horfes bred, there can be no doubt of the 

 fuperiority of Yorkfhire, but it appears to me, 

 that the proportion of bad ones, has been full 

 as large in that as in any other county. The 

 Yorkfhire bred Horfes have long and often been 

 remarked, for their heavy heads, round, gummy 

 legs, and general want of fymmetry. Thefe 

 defects were ever vifible enough, in many of 

 the long, heavy, lumbering, half-bred ftallions 

 of that county. It is highly probable, that the 

 ill fuccefs, with which, according to Mr. Mar- 

 shall's account, the early attempts of the Nor- 

 folk breeders was attended, may have been oc- 

 cafioned, among other difadvantages to which 

 new undertakings are ever liable, by the very 

 circumflances of their introducing Yorkfhire 

 flock. Their own native flock was in all 

 refpe£ts preferable ; from which, aflifted by the 



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