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judgment could be formed previously to the choice 

 of the stallion, a great improvement upon our pre- 

 sent race of hunters would be effected ; and all 

 such as were known to be thus bred would meet a 

 ready sale. It is a well-known fact, that some of 

 the most brilliant hunters England ever produced, 

 were got by Arabian stallions ; and one, by Lord 

 Olive's Arabian, was one of the best horses in Leices- 

 tershire, in Mr. MeynelFs day, over every descrip- 

 tion of country. He was the property of the late Mr. 

 Childe, of Kinlet Hall, Shropshire, who is said to 

 have been the first to introduce the present very 

 spirited style of riding after hounds. A powerful 

 Toorkoman stallion would not, we think, fail in 

 getting hunters out of good English mares. That 

 breed is the largest of any of the Eastern horses, 

 owino^ to beino^ reared on better land. 



One word more on the subject of the Eastern 

 horse, as connected with the English Turf. Owing 

 to the doubts and uncertainties that hang over the 

 pedigrees and countries of the most celebrated stal- 

 lions and mares which laid the foundation of our 

 present breed of racers, it is impossible to deter- 

 mine to which individual breed, whether to the 

 Turkish, the Barb, the Arabian, or the Persian, 

 are the greater advantages derived from them to 

 be attributed. They appear to us to be pretty 

 equally divided. To the Byerly Turk we are in- 

 debted for the Herod blood (sire of Highflyer) ; to 

 the Godolphin Arabian, said to be a Barb, for the 

 Matchem blood, the stoutest of any ; to the Darley 

 Arabian, (the sire of Flying Childers,) for the 



