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in the same slow pace, to the great annoyance and 

 inconvenience of the public. 



The Scotch Horse. 



This horse is met with in both countries, north of Dee, 

 and is a favorite horse in England ; their stature is from 1 5 

 to 1 6 hands high. They are strong and hardy, yet active ; 

 the breed was originally from Planders. The Clydes- 

 dale is larger than the Suffolk, and has a better head, a 

 longer neck, a lighter carcass, and deeper legs ; strong, 

 hardy, pulling true, and rarely restive. The southern 

 parts of Scotland are principally supplied from this 

 district. 



The Irish Horse. 



The Irish horse is so well known to my readers, that 

 it is needless to say much about him ; but as all English 

 writers on horses, have the effrontery to proclaim to the 

 world that the Irish horse is a weedy-leggy, ragged- 

 hipped, large-headed, worthless brute, although well 

 aware that the best hunters in England are Irish horses. 

 I would ask those gentlemen, was it not an Irish horse 

 that won the great St. Leger in 1820 — the great J^ew- 

 castle cup in 1836 and 1837, and the Doncaster cup in 

 the latter year ? and it is well known, that from the year 

 1820 to 1837, hundreds of races have been won by Irish 

 horses in England. Was it not an Irish horse that won 

 the Newcastle and Goodwin cups in 1838 ; and were not 

 the Newcastle and Goodwin cups, and Csesarwitch 

 stakes, won by an Irish horse in 1839, and the Doncas- 

 ter cup in 1840 and 1841, and also the great Derby in 

 1841, and the Doncaster and Chester cups in 1842 — and 

 again the Doncaster cup in 1843 ; the great St. Leger 

 and CjEsarwitch stakes in 1844 ? Was not the great 

 St. Leger again won by an Irish horse in 1845, and the 

 C£esarwitch stakes won in 1847, by " Cawrouch," an 

 Irish horse, the property of Doctor John O'Neill, of 

 Fermoy ; and in 1848 and 1852, were not the Chester 

 cup, the great Derby, and the Oaks won by the Irish 



