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THE HOKSE. 



Defects in 

 progeny 

 caused by 

 in and in 

 breeding. 



have recourse to them than the farmer 

 would to the natural oat, which is little 

 better that a weed, to produce a sample 

 that should rival that of his neighbour 

 in the market. Were the finest East- 

 ern horse that could be procured brought 

 to the starting-post at Newmarket, with 

 the advantage of English training to 

 boot, he would have no chance at any 

 weight or for any distance with even a 

 second-rate English race-horse." 



Such was the opinion entertained in 

 1770 relative to the immediate descen- 

 dants of Asiatic horses, and it can be 

 easily explained how failure resulted 

 from the cohabitation complained o 

 The same family had been bred from, 

 within the same lineal descent, horses had 

 been propagated; and although our fore- 



