100 THE HORSE. 



The Arab whatever diseases he may acquire in time. 



does not in- 

 herit those } ie s t ar ts now with a clean bill of health. 



-rxr a Q b"n r a o n c* 



English 1 i inheriting none of those weaknesses which 



racing stock, 



beset our present racing stock. He 

 endures cold as he endures heat, fasting 

 as plenty, and hard work as idleness. 

 Nothing comes to him amiss. For what 

 other creature under heaven can we sa 

 so much ?" 



The British thorough-bred, many assert, 

 is perfection, that he cannot be improved 

 upon ; but of the general utility class 

 there is hardly a horseman who does re- 

 cognise that of late years he has been 

 going down hill, that he does not possess 

 The general the same stamina nor endurance as the 



utility horse 



as heJ} d norses a * the early part of the century 



yearslgo. ^ 



If such be the case it can readily be 



