72 THE HORSE. 



How was it these Barbary, Turkish, 

 and Arabian horses operated so success- 

 fully in producing race-horses ? By means 

 of their good blood, many reply ; as if 

 blood had anything in the world to do with 

 Good form if. Well-proDortioned locomotive parts, 



not blood. ^ ^ ^ ' 



inclined shoulders, legs and joints in pro- 

 portion, carcase strong and chest deep, 

 thighs well let down, constitute forma- 

 tions calculated to insure animals of 

 rapid locomotion and of endurance ; and 

 these good qualities did not exist in race- 

 horses of James the First's time, but did 

 during the reign of Queen Anne. 



The light and active Oriental horse 

 stamped his impression upon royal and 

 native bred English mares, from whom 

 descended the race-horse of 1750, which 

 at this date our forefathers discarded as 



