4 THE HORSE. 



The race- The propagation of the race - horse 



horse largely 



brought grist to the mill of the late Mr. 



Blinkiron ; such animals as he produced 



utility horse. -, , n , 



only possessed a large money value be- 

 cause the gambling table allured men to 

 bid high prices for stock descended from 

 celebrated winners, and by no means the 

 class of animal wanted to make good the 

 equine deficiency complained of in 1873. 

 The evidence elicited at the Rosebery 

 Committee proved beyond doubt that 

 England possessed then more horses than 

 she had at any previous period ; and yet 

 more horses were needed, or how could 

 there have been a scarcity. The want 

 existed in the numerical deficiency of the 

 general utility horse. The thorough-breds 

 had increased, according to Admiral Rous, 

 both in size and numbers since the com- 



