92 THE HORSE. 



from one to twenty miles. I presume 

 therefore that the superiority of the Eng- 

 lish horse has improved in that ratio 

 above the original stock." 



Such being the Admiral's opinion r 

 1860, we naturally seek to learn how 

 he accounts for the u great superiority " 

 which the English horse has attained. 



He attributes it to our " damp foggy 

 climate," combined with " good pasture 

 and judicious management." He has 

 increased in size, strength, and in vigour 

 " in these damp foggy little islands," and 

 although the Admiral speaks of the first 

 Cross or no cross, &c., as producing our primary 

 first-class race-horse, in the next page 

 he asserts that no cross ever occurred, 

 and speaks of Turks, Barbs, and royal 

 mares as pure Eastern exotics and allows 



cross. 



