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accepted as correct that the two last-named varieties 

 of horse were established about the same period, the 

 sires, so far as the foundation stock is concerned, 

 being either the imported Arabians and Barbs of the 

 period or else their immediate descendants. East 

 Anglia was the original home of the Hackney, and 

 many references to the doings of the ancient crack 

 specimens of the breed are contained in the columns 

 of the Norfolk papers which appeared in the earlier 

 years of the present century, by which time the breed 



HACKNEY, 



had evidently become well established. From 

 Norfolk the Hackney found his way into Yorkshire, 

 and thence all over the country, so that in the present 

 day there is scarcely a county in England where at 

 least one breeding stud is not to be found, whilst in 

 both Scotland and Ireland, to say nothing of abroad, 

 the admirers of the Hackney are to be numbered by 

 the thousand. The two great gaits of the Hackney 

 are the trot and the walk, and a good specimen of the 

 breed should be able to trot faster than he can gallop, 

 and walk fast enough to be able to rest himself and 

 yet get over the ground when he is on a journey. 

 About 15.3 hands is the maximum height to which 

 the Hackney is bred. Good specimens have been 



