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THE HOKSE. 



Defects in 

 progeny 

 caused by 

 in and in 

 breeding. 



have recourse to them than the farmer 

 would to the natural oat, which is little 

 better that a weed, to produce a sample 

 that should rival that of his neighbour 

 in the market. Were the finest East- 

 ern horse that could be procured brought 

 to the starting-post at Newmarket, with 

 the advantage of English training to 

 boot, he would have no chance at any 

 weight or for any distance with even a 

 second-rate English race-horse." 



Such was the opinion entertained in 

 1770 relative to the immediate descen- 

 dants of Asiatic horses, and it can be 

 easily explained how failure resulted 

 from the cohabitation complained of. 

 The same family had been bred from, 

 within the same lineal descent, horses had 

 been propagated; and although our fore- 



