ISO Tbe American Thoroughbred 



full muscular thighs, let down almost to the 

 houghs, which are also particularly long, and well 

 let down upon the canon bone ; legs short, with 

 large bone and strong tendon, well detached, upon 

 which he stands clear and even. Although his 

 form throughout denotes uncommon strength, 

 yet to the extraordinary fine construction of his 

 hind quarters I conceive him indebted for his 

 great racing powers, continuance, and ability, 

 equal to any weight. I have closely observ^ed 

 him in his gallops ; if he have a fault, it is that of 

 falling a little too heavy on his fore feet, and 

 dwelling a little too long on the ground; but 

 then the style and regularity with which he 

 brings up his haunches, and throws his gaskins 

 forward, overbalance other defects. 



•'All horses date their age from the ist of 

 May. Thus a horse foaled any time in the year 

 1819 would be considered four years old on the 

 ist day of May, 1823. Consequently, Sir Henry, 

 although not four years old complete until the 

 17th day of June, had, on the 27th of May, to 

 carry the regulated weight — agreeably to the 

 then rules of the course — for a four-year-old, viz. 

 108 pounds. Eclipse, being nine years old, car- 

 ried weight for an aged horse, 126 pounds. 



