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be considered, but the stature of this breed is so 

 small by comparison with that of the English 

 animals, and he is so infrequently met with in this 

 country — though his numbers are increasing — that 



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THOROUGHBRED, 



he can scarcely be regarded as a generally market- 

 able commodity at present. 



The Hunter 



is of course the most popular variety of saddle horse 

 that exists in England, and if the man who wants a 

 hunter does not ride, inclusive of saddle and all 

 impedimenta, more than thirteen stone or so, he 

 should find it fairly easy to procure a clean-bred 

 horse to carry him. A Thoroughbred, however, up 

 to greater weight is an expensive animal to buy, 

 and consequently a half-bred, sired by a Thorough- 

 bredj is the horse for the ordinary mortal to seek 

 for ;. but the value of the latter is very considerably 

 higher than that of the light-weight animal. 



