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FLYING CHILDERS. 



Among the most celebrated English thoroughbreds was Flying Childers, named from its owner, 

 Mr. Childers, of < !arr House. lie was the fleetest horse of his day, and is said to have run a mile 

 minute, but of this there is no authentic record. lie, however, ran on the Newmarket course 

 three miles six furlongs and ninety-three yards in six minutes and forty seconds. This celebrated 

 animal died in 1741, at the age of twenty-six. The English Eclipse was never beaten, and won 

 for his owner more than a hundred thousand dollars; he also became the progenitor of three 

 hundred and thirty-four winners upon the turf, which won for their proprietors nearly a million 

 of dollars. Eclipse died in 1789, at the age of twenty-five. The names of horses of more mod- 

 ern date renowned on the English turf are "too numerous to mention." 



Beside the Thoroughbred Horse there are a number of varieties of great celebrity in England. 

 Among them we may mention the Hunter, which is derived from horses of entire blood, bred 

 with mares of Bubstance, correct form, and good action. This animal is able to carry a consider- 

 able weight, through heaw grounds, with a swiftness and perseverance truly astonishing. The 

 Iris}, Hunter, the (>I<1 English Roadster, and the Cob, are all useful breeds for the saddle. The 

 Hackney for the coach, the Black Horse, the Suffolk Punch, the Lanark and Clydesdale for draught) 

 are noted and favorite varieties. The Cleveland Bays formerly had great reputation for draught, 

 but they are said to have depreciated. In England the horse is used for almost every purpose of 

 draughl and burden on the farm, and hence the humbler breeds for this species of work are scarcely 

 cultivated than those for the race-course and the chase. The Welsh Horse is small, but is 

 noted for its energy and perseverance upon the road. The Galloway is a Scotch breed, some- I 

 wh at larger than the preceding, but of similar qualities; it is said to resemble the Spanish horse. 

 The Ponies or Shelties, called Qarrone in the Highlands of Scotland, are similar to the kidigen- 

 horses of Norway, the Feroe and Shetland Islands, and Iceland; they arc o/ various sizes, 

 from eight t<> twelve hand- high ; their colors are bay, dun, and sometimes cream-color. A sim- 

 ilar breed is also found in Corsica. 



