THE HORSE. 23 



From the foregoing it will be recog- 

 nised that from the early Eoman down to 

 subsequent periods, the size of the horse 

 increased, and this doubtless was effected 

 by the admixture of the large t}pe of 

 horse which existed in mid- Europe with 

 tlie smaller breeds. 



From the earliest times to the present Extension of 



civilisation 



day the requirements of barbarous and ^e^efidair^ 

 cruel war have instigated men to obtain improvement 

 powerful horses for martial purposes, and 

 this, too'ether with the extension of civi- 

 hsation, has caused the equine tribes 

 throughout the world to increase botfi 

 numerically and in corporeal develop- 

 ment. 



If we pass from the days of ancient 

 Greece and Rome, we soon meet with an 

 incentive to the production of large 



