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160 MODERN FARRIER. 



lately been paid to tlieir improvement, and many of 

 the cavalry regiments are now well mounted. The 

 best horses are bred in Normandy. 



90. The German Horse. 



The German horses are very similar to the Hano- 

 verian : but they are not remarkable either for speed 

 or bottom. 



91. llie English Horse. 



The English blood-horses, as before observed, are 

 the most celebrated in Europe. This excellence is 

 not so much owing to the salubrity of our climate 

 and oiu* pasturages, as to the close attention and 

 judicious observations of our most eminent breeders. 

 An able French writer on this subject remarks, that 

 '.The crossing of the Arabian and other Asiatic 

 horses with the English breed, and the farther 

 crossing of their produce with each other, has natu- 

 rally produced a division into five classes, which are 

 very distinct and have been well preserved. 



'The first is the race-horse, proceeding directly 

 from either an Arabian or Barb with an English 

 mare that has been bred by a similar cross. This is 

 what the English call their highest blood. 



' The second is the hunter, arising from a blood- 

 horse and a half-bred mare. This class in very nu- 

 merous — they are stronger than the first, and capable 

 of undergoing great fatigue. 



' The third is the result of a cross of the hunter 

 with mares of a more common description : these 

 constitute the coach-horse. It is from these two 

 classes that the English export so many throughout 

 Europe, and particularly to France. 



* The fourth is the draught-horse, the produce of 

 the former with the strongest mares of the country. 

 There are some of this breed of the greatest size, 

 and in their form and character not unlike the 

 horses which are seen cast in bronze. 



