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comparison with the "all the year round" 

 racing practised here is of a very limited 

 nature, and moreover France does not 

 concentrate all her energies upon this 

 particular, but like Germany obtains 

 British thorough -bred blood to mix with 

 her native stock in perfecting a power- 

 ful military system. 



It is impossible to exactly indicate The horses 



of Greece. 



from what sources our early breeds of 

 horses originated, but it is necessary 

 in order to establish the accuracy of the 

 above recorded assertions to investigate 

 the history of the past. We know that 

 the Greeks indulged in equine exercises, 

 conducted on horseback and in chariots, 

 and that they ranked as the highest 

 public games; but we fail to learn from 



Greek authors the size of the horses 



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