THE HORSE. 47 



for the improvement of the British breeds 

 of horses could alone be obtained from 

 Eastern sources, whence it was introduced 

 during a succession of years. James 

 the First's Arabian, D'Arcey's White 

 Turk, brought from the Northern coast of 

 Africa by Pace, afterwards Master of the 

 Horse to Cromwell ; the Selaby Turk 

 imported by the Duke of Buckingham, and 

 the Morocco Barb by Lord Fairfax, &c. 

 These were the days during which a 

 great advance was made in the creation 

 of swift horses ; and from the works 

 written about this period it is evident 

 that the breeding of heavy horses was a 

 declining pursuit, for we find Lord Har- 

 legh lamenting " the visible diminution " 

 of the old stock known as " the great diminution of 



" the great 

 horse." 



