HORSE. 



United States, one of which is now 

 in Virginia. The figure represents 



F,>. 1. 



an Arabian brought to Paris by Na- 

 poleon, and now in the Royal Gar- 

 den. 



From this breed the finest horses 

 of Spain, Barbary, France, and Ger- 

 many have been improved. 



The race-horse is a well-marked an- 

 imal, derived from a judicious mix- 

 ture of the Arabian, Persian, and 

 Barbary ; it is, therefore, formed out 

 of Arabian varieties entirely. His 

 figure indicates swiftness, which has 

 even reached four miles in seven and 

 a half minutes in the case of Fash- 

 ion. The same characteristics be- 

 long to the American thorough-bred, 

 which has, indeed, been derived from 

 the best English stock, and crossed 

 with the thorough Arabian. It is the 

 opinion of those best informed, that 

 this breed is now beyond the Arabi- 

 an, and can only be improved by judi- 

 cious selections from the same stock. 



more bone, and shorter in the body 

 than the turf horse. His forehead 

 should be lofty, the shoulder high, but 

 thicker than in the race-horse : a 

 broad chest is indispensable. The leg 

 deeper, but shorter than that of the 

 racer. The foot is all-important ; it 

 should stand upright, or a little out- 

 ward ; the loins must be broad, the 

 thighs muscular, the hocks well bent 

 and under. Dr. Gibson is of opinion 

 that the Irish racer, though not so 

 highly bred, is now a better horse 

 than the English racer : of this stock 

 Harkaway and Skylark, introduced 

 into Virginia, were the finest speci- 

 mens. The horses of Virginia and 

 New- Jersey, gotten by Shark and 

 Tallyho, out of the best common 

 mares, are fine hunters and improved 

 hacks. 



The improved hack; or roadster, is 

 the most important horse. It is now 

 in England of the same breed as the 

 hunter, being preferred rather for the 

 figure than any other quality. In se- 

 lecting breeding stallions and mares, 

 those with high and well-placed shoul- 

 ders, light heads, and moderate necks, 

 with straight legs, and full hunting 

 hind quarters, are selected. Such 

 an animal is safer, and possesses all 

 the bottom of the hunter. These 

 points are weU shown in the figure. 

 Fig. 3, 





It is a difficult thing to place the 



New-York trotters ; for while, by tlieir 



speed, they are entitled to the rank of 



See Breeding. The figure represents racers, their bottom and figure place 



the characters of the racer remarka- them in the list of roadsters. 



bly well. The Morgan or Goss horse of Ver- 



Thc hunter is three quarters bred, mont occupies a position between 



fifteen to sixteen hands high, with , the thorough roadster and draught 



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