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clear_, at least I never found one that siicli an ani- 

 mal could not ; the chief thing wanted is strength 

 on short legs, sound ones, with good feet under 

 them, good strong hind-quarters and loins to get 

 up and down hill, which a horse possessing them 

 will soon learn to do. In fact, here a neat com- 

 pact horse is wanted; of course the better bred 

 the better he will be, if possessing the qualities 

 mentioned. 



I find, though I intended only to mention four 

 particular countries, to work out my subject I 

 must introduce a fifth, namely, the Brighton, or 

 any other open down country. 



For such, very highly bred, indeed quite thorough 

 bred, horses are wanted ; but here blood does not 

 call for large expenditure in the purchase, for we 

 can dispense with power, at least to a great extent 

 we may do so, for here the extraordinary capabilities 

 in blood in carrying weight shine resplendently ; a 

 horse thorough bred, looking like a ten stone nag, 

 will carry twelve with ease to himself. He is on 

 racing ground : true, there are hills, and porten- 

 tous ones, and a thin weak-loined weed would not 

 do ; in fact, where would he ? but a neat, sym- 

 metrically formed, little true bit of blood will 

 show his quality and hidden powers in a most ex- 

 traordinary way. The truth is, pace that tells on 

 the low bred, tells nothing with him but the 



