tup 



( keCticilt, :iinl 'ii their n-, M ,.| mare . pi -. .duoed ;i num. , 



progeny of unrivalled cavalrv Imrs.- -, uln<!i rendered iu\,i|. 



uahle service In the troop commanded bj ili.ii conmimn 



parti>a IK Captain (afterward - < ieneral) Loe, of the revolution^ 



It is said the liivorite white field-horse of (ieneral Washing- 

 ton, was of tin 1 same stock. ll<! was afterwards sold to 

 Captain Lindsey, as a special favor, and tak(Mi to Virginia, 

 where ho pnxluccd >ome good racers. IJussorah, a small 

 >orrel horse, brought into this c.mntry from the head of the 

 Persian (Julf, in HI 9, then 5 years old, got many choice 

 roadster.--, though fe\v, if any racers. The Narragansct 

 |>acers, a race belonging to our eastern states, hut for many 

 years almost extinct, possessed for a long time an unrivalled 

 reputation lor spirit, endurance and easv, rapid motion 

 under the saddle; and they are >aid to have originated from a 

 Spanish horse, manv of which are pure descendants of the 

 Rarh. \s an oll'set to these isolated examples of success 

 in this country, wo have numerous instances of the importa- 

 tion of the best Orientals, which have beon extensively used 

 on some of our superior mares, without any marked effect. 

 We shall refer to three prominent importations only. The 

 first consisted of two choice Arabians, or Harbs, selected in 

 Tunis by General Katon, and sent to his estate in Massa- 

 chusetts. The second was a present of four choice Barbs 

 from the Emperor of Morocco to our government, in 1830; 

 and the third consisted of two Arabians, sent by the Imaum 

 of Muscat, near the Persian Gulf, to our government in 1839 

 or '40. These were all claimed to be, and no doubt were, 

 of the pure Kochlani, the unadulterated line royal; yet none 

 have earned any distinguished reputation. 



It is to England we are mainly indebted for the great 

 improvement in our blood, road and farm horses. A numer- 

 ous race of fine horses were roared on that Island, long pre- 

 vious to any authentic history of it; for in his first invasion, 

 Julius C;esartook many of them to Rome, where they imme- 

 diately became gn at favorites, although this mistress of half 

 the known world, had already plundered every region of some 

 of their best breeds. What might have been the particular 

 merit of the English horse at the time of the Norman inva- 

 sion, is not known, but it is certain that the Saxon cavalry 

 under Harold, were speedily over-powered by William, at the 

 battle of Hastings, which at once secured the throne to the 

 Conqueror. History first informs us of the improvement of 

 British horses, by importations from abroad during this reign, 



