-0 THE RACE-IIORSE, 



Run at Baroda. 

 Name. Weight. Time. Distance. 



ft. III. II,. s. 



1827. Harlequin, . . . 8 4 b" 9 Smiles. 



Run at Madras. 

 18-28. Oi-elio, .... 9 4 2 miles. 



We have reason to believe, that the best use to 

 be made of Eastern horses, would be for the pro- 

 duction of the English hunter, by the best shaped 

 hunting mares, nearly thorough-bred. By the 

 lielp of the dam, and our present improved system 

 of keeping young horse-stock, there would be little 

 fear of the produce not coming to a good size, even 

 in the first generation, as it is, for the most part, 

 the property of these horses to beget stock larger 

 than themselves ; but by crossing the female pro- 

 duce in the second w^ith our laroe thorough-bred 

 horses, hunters for heavy weights might be looked 

 for, with every prospect of success. We know thai 

 the virtue of the blood, or constituent parts, of the 

 horse that was no racer, (Marske, the sire of 

 Eclipse, for example,) has produced a racing son, 

 by acquiring proper formation of parts from the 

 dam ; and if to the fine form of the English hunter 

 could be added the firmness of leg and sinew for 

 which the Eastern horse is so conspicuous, but in 

 which the English hunter is too often deficient, in 

 conjunction with the larger muscles, more highly 

 condensed bone, and well-known powers of endur- 

 ance of the Eastern horse, not omitting his action, 

 which is generally first-rate, but of which a proper 



