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England, still the solution of the question is impossi- 

 ble ; but there may exist a closeness of fibre about 

 the one, and a finer cementing together of the differ- 

 ent parts of the frame, which scientific dissection 

 might detect. The living proof in these cases, al- 

 though we must wait a short time for it, is neverthe- 

 less a true proof, viz., the greater speed and endurance 

 sho^ n on the turf after each has had six months of 

 proper training. Where you have the running build, 

 and every other external visible point in equal good 

 proportion, and the training, riding, &c., equally good, 

 then the turf, and the turf alone, furnishes the only 

 living proof of the better blood, and this blood, this 

 latent energy for work, is comprehended with very 

 good accuracy by persons who unite experience to a 

 knowledge of the structure of the horse. 



Another abstruce question is, why this superior 

 blood loses itself in a greater ratio when crossed with 

 inferior blood in good build, than with good blood in 

 inferior build, when build itself is one of the best 

 proofs of good blood ? This does hold true, but only 

 to a certain extent : that highly-finished interior me- 

 chanism of some internal parts, in whatever it may 

 consist, does, beyond a doubt, in many horses with 

 external indifferent conformation, excel in point of 

 endurance that of inferior blood in a better external 

 conformation."'' 5 " But some parts of external confor- 

 mation denote blood more than others ; for instance, 

 take one horse with every point perfect, and then 

 change his large brilliant eye to a small one ; take 

 another with every point perfect, 'and then change 



* No horses without blood however good their external formation may be, 

 an or do possess enduring qualities. ED. 



