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THE SCOTCH HORSE. 



SCOTLAND UNFAVOURABLE TO BREEDING RACERS THE 



CLYDESDALE HORSE- 



Like all cold countries, Scotland is unfavourable 

 to breeding the race-horse in his best form ; and 

 the only prospect of rearing him to any thing ap- 

 proaching perfection, is to shelter him with un- 

 usual care from the weather, when either cold or 

 Avet, and to force him with the highest keep. Scot- 

 tish-bred hunters, however, are esteemed in the 

 hunting world as a stout, hardy race, and they, 

 like the Irish, are now^ well enough bred to live 

 with hounds at the present speedy rate at which 

 those animals run, according to the fashion of the 

 present day. Of the native Highland pony, it is 

 unnecessary to say much, its merits being so well 

 known ; and the Scotch cart-horses are decidedly 

 the best in Great Britain. The peculiar variety 

 known as Clydesdale horses, stand first in repute. 

 Of the origin of this race, various accounts have 

 been given, but none of them so clear or so well 

 authenticated, as to merit much notice. They ac- 

 quired their appellation, not because they are pecu- 

 liar to Clydesdale, as the same description of horses 



