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James and Charles imported royal mares, as they 

 were termed. These, I opine, were put to some 

 of the indigenous sires at home, and a heteroge- 

 neous admixture it must have been ; still such 

 an improvement was a great one, on the 

 old stock. The importation of Barbs and other 

 Eastern Horses, gave an increased impetus to the 

 breed of race horses ; and now, thanks to racing 

 views in men, we possess the animal we have. 



I think I have already shewn the Owners 

 of Race Horses not to be the useless beings 

 inconsiderate or cynical people may hold them 

 to be. 



It may be objected that many men have 

 been ruined by racing ; granted, so they have 

 by railroads, but that does not make railroads 

 an accommodation to be put down or dispensed 

 with ; there are rogues of railroad projectors,, 

 some rogues among railroad directors, and there 

 . are thoughtless, confiding, and speculative people 

 constantly dabbling in what they know little 



