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comparison mth the "all the year round'' 

 racing practised here is of a very limited 

 nature, and moreover France does not 

 concentrate all her energies upon this 

 particular, but like Germany obtains 

 British thorough -bred blood to mix with 

 her native stock m perfecting a power- 

 ful military system. 



It is impossible to exactly indicate The horses 



of Greece. 



from what sources our early breeds of 



horses originated, but it is necessary 



in order to establish the accuracy of the 



above recorded assertions to investigate 



the history of the past. We know that 



the Greeks indulged in equine exercises, 



conducted on horseback and in chariots, 



and that ihey ranked as the highest 



public games; but we fail to learn from 



Greek authors the size of the horses 



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