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Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland, the 

 Northern and Midland Counties, have been imme- 

 morially our chief breeding districts ; the former for 

 saddle and coach cattle, the latter for heavy draught 

 and troop horses. Racers are bred in both North 

 and South ; and, generally, horse-breeding in certain 

 degrees enters into the rural system of all counties. 

 The breed of foresters, a small, but useful species of 

 the galloway and poney size, is greatly decreased, or 

 nearly extinct. The culture of waste lands, and the 

 immensely increased demand for coach and sized nags, 

 has been the cause. The New Forest, half a century 

 since, used to turn out, annually, a great number of 

 the former description, well bred and extremely use- 

 ful ; and upon Tiptree Heath, in Essex, some good 

 tough hacks were bred, many of them out of Norway 

 mares. 



SECTION IV.— The Stud. 



To establish this upon a considerable scale, and in 

 the first style of adaptation and convenience of every 

 kind, the country chosen should be dry, hilly, and 

 irregular, the soil calcareous, with sweet herbage, 

 and good water in abundance. A sufficient shelter 

 of timber is advantageous. The breeding and rearing 

 of racers, hunters, and hacks, are here^contemplated. 

 There are, perhaps, many parts in South Wales, in 

 which these purposes would be well answered. A 

 number of well and high fenced paddocks and inci- 

 sures, commensurate with the extent of the stud, 

 will, in course, be understood ; as also of sheds in 

 those inclosures, for sheltering the stock in winter 



