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tion " the Probability of getting Good Breeds again, 

 is very Great." The Enghsh mares were the best in 

 the world to breed from, provided due care was taken 

 to select those proper to the purpose which it was 

 intended to effect. " If you would have Mares to 

 Breed Running- Hoi'ses of, then they must be Shaped 

 thus ; As Light as possible. Large and Long, but well 

 Shaped ; a Short Back, but Long Sides, and a little 

 Long Legged ; their Breast as Narrow as may be, for 

 so they will Gallop the Lighter and Nimbler, and Rjin 

 the Faster ; for the Lighter and Thinner you Breed for 

 Galloping is the Better. Your Stallion, by any means, 

 must be a Barb, and somewhat of the Shape that I 

 have Described the Maizes to be of : For a Bai^b that 

 is a Jade, will Get a better Running- LL or se, than the 

 Best Running-Horse in England : As Sir John Fen- 

 nick * told me, who had more Experience of Rtmning- 

 Horses than any Man in England ; for he had more 

 Rare Running-Horses than all England besides ; and 

 the most part of all the Famous Running-Horses in 

 England that ran one Against another, wer of his Race 

 and Breed." In conclusion his grace adds: "Some 

 Commend the Turk very much for a Stallion to Breed 

 Running- Horses ; but they are so Scarce, and Rare, 

 that I can give no Judgment of them: And therefore 

 I Advise you to the Barb, which, I believe, is the 

 Better Horse to Breed Running Horses. 



The Earl of Chesterfield f paid a visit to the Duke 



* Sir John Fenwick ; but written by the duke as the name was then 

 pronounced. 



liorn 1633, died January 28, 17 13. 



