84 THE HORSE. 



No scarcity of race -horses exists in 

 this country, as our everyday race meet- 

 ings testify, but the demand for general 

 utility horses far exceeds the supply ; 

 and this has been produced by the 

 energy and capital of horsemen being 

 diverted from the legitimate undertaking 

 of propagating useful animals to that of 

 General speculative race-horse breeding. Out of 



utility horses 



every thirty foals born, does more than 

 one pull out a winner, or even an animal 

 of stamina ? and if these creatures do 

 not prove runners, of what value are 

 they for saddle or harness ? Of far 

 less worth than the weight- carrier or 

 brougham-horse, the supply of which we 

 stand greatly in need ; and although the 

 materials are at our elbows awaiting use, 

 we refuse to employ them, and this 



