70 THE HORSE. 



locomotive organs than his early pro- 

 genitor the Oriental horse, the one 

 "little better than a wild oat," yet the 

 wild oat had originally assisted in produc- 

 tion of the fine specimens which England 

 of 1770 could boast such great thiugs. 

 Walker on Walker in his book on intermarriage 



inter- 

 marriage, writes : '^ The native breed of English 



horses formed the parent stock of the 

 English racer, by furnishing the posterior 

 series of organs directly and indirectly, 

 and especially superior size and propor- 

 tion of moving parts, and the Asiatic 

 horse did the rest by furnishing the an- 

 terior series of organs ; the forehead, the 

 organs of sense, and the fourth applica- 

 tion, action, the vital system, and density 

 of fibre," &c. The good results of these 

 crosses can be illustrated by facts. 



