TRAINING, AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT. T2I 



One Thousand Guineas were both by Hermit, and he 

 was also the sire of the Derby winner in 1883." 



" Number of Horses in Great Britain. — There are in 

 all 1,428,383 horses in Great Britain, of which 981,130 

 are used solely for agricultural purposes. The re- 

 maining 447,253 are unbroken horses and mares kept 

 for breeding. In the total number there is an 

 increase of 3024 horses as compared with that of 

 1886, but the strictly agricultural class has decreased 

 some 577. The gain is thus entirely confined to 

 unbroken horses and breeding mares. It is surprising 

 that farm horses should be fewer than last year, 

 seeing that the quantity of uncultivated land has 

 decreased well-nigh 19,000 acres. I suspect a reason- 

 able explanation of the discrepancy will be found 

 in the altered conditions of farm management. 

 The cost of labour has latterly become so. heavy in 

 proportion to the farmer's income, that economy is 

 being studied in the use of horse-power as in every- 

 thing else." 



" The 'Master of the Boys! — Daring Feat with a 

 Vicious Horse. — Mr. Galvayne, the well-known horse 

 tamer, caused no little commotion in Castle Street on 

 Wednesday night by his daring treatment of the 

 celebrated vicious horse, ' Master of the Boys.' This 

 animal was tamed in Yorkshire some two years ago. 

 About eighteen months ago Mr. Galvayne sent him to 



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