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him twice ; and, indeed, latterly only one of them is fre- 

 quently used for such purposes, in lieu of two or four, 

 so their merits are properly appreciated at last. They 

 are very properly and appropriately used by our 

 Sovereigns when they go to express their royal and 

 implicit confidence in what great men will do ; and here 

 they are emblematical ! for you would suppose them 

 equal to all obstacles and difficulties, but will pro- 

 bably fail when put to the test. They are equally ap- 

 propriately used by the same august personages when 

 they go to thank the great men for what they have 

 done. Here they are quite in place, for they also get 

 much praised and admired for doing very little. Their 

 colour, at least the colour of those used on these two 

 occasions, is somewhat emblematical also : we read of 

 the cream of a joke ; we also hear of the cream of the 

 good things of life : surely the colour of these animals 

 was not fixed upon to infer that all the cream of these 

 good things goes to support a few, and the skim milk 

 is left for the many! These Hanoverians are, however, 

 very handsome (I mean the horses), but Germans cost 

 a good deal in being supported. 



Though I have stated my dislike to the genuine 

 German that is, Hanoverian horse for English pur- 

 poses, I am quite clear that a cross would turn out 

 well if a good coloured, good-shaped sire was selected ; 

 for notwithstanding their high action, some of them 

 are really fast (for short distances), and this is all that 

 is wanted in show horses. They almost invariably 

 carry themselves well for harness purposes. We value 

 hunters and race-horses for their merits, but Hano- 

 verians are far better for show and state purposes. 

 For this reason I recommend a cross with such a sire, 

 and am quite sure it would answer. 



