74 THE HORSE. 



" fa.mil y lines" at a glance; and does 

 not reference to the u Blue Book" tell 

 us a tale the exact meaning of which we 

 fail to comprehend ? 



In 1750 we had produced, by crossing, 

 a race- horse so perfect that it was dis- 

 covered to be detrimental to continue 

 the application of Oriental horses to ex- 

 isting breeds. What have we done 

 We continue since ? We have continued to breed 



to breed 



within the within the strain made perfect one hun 



same strain 



ago! GCt <*red J ears a g> without having recourse 

 to the inoculation which did so much 

 good when Admiral Rous's garrans were 

 running. Perhaps up to the present 

 time we have been able to breed good 

 horses, but of late years; and many 

 horsemen assert that we do not possess 

 such good horses now as we did sixty 



