92 THE HORSE. 



from one to twenty miles. 1 presume 

 therefore that the superiority of the Eng- 

 lish horse has improved in that ratio 

 above the original stock." 



Such being the Admiral's opinion^ 

 1860, we naturally seek to learn how 

 he accounts for the '' great superiority '^ 

 w^hich the English horse has attained. 



He attributes it to our " damp foggy 

 climate," combined with " good pasture 

 and judicious management." He has 

 increased in size, strength, and in vigour 

 '' in these damp foggy little islands," and 

 although the Admiral speaks of the first 

 Cross or no cross, &c., as produciug our primary 

 first-class race-horse, in the next page 

 he asserts that no cross ever occurred, 

 and speaks of Turks, Barbs, and royal 

 mares as pure Eastern exotics and allows 



cross. 



