THE HORSE. 105 



ence of the gambling diamond always 

 glittered in the betting ring. 



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Are not the other breeds of British 

 horses more important to the nation in a 

 commercial point of view ? 



They certainly are ! 



Is it not therefore to our interest to 

 direct our energies and our cash to the 

 propagation of horses better than those 

 that weekly arrive from the continent and 

 America ? 



If years ago we had followed the ex- American 



horses. 



ample of our American brothers by the 

 institution of trotting races, a stalwart 

 breed of carriage horses would be 

 ours. 



The Americans adhere to the system, 

 like our ancestors, of breeding only from 

 stallions which can stay a distance. With 



