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quickly than Colonel Liddell could cover the 
distance in his coach with post-horses. The 
barbarous methods of training cavalry recruits 
at this period was attracting notice, as we 
learn from a little work on A/zhitary Eguzta- 
tron, by Henry Earl of Pembroke, which was 
published in 1761. The writer refers to the 
‘“wretched system of horsemanship at present 
prevailing in the army,” and refers to the 
common method of putting a man ona rough 
trotting horse, to which he is obliged to stick 
with all his might of arms and legs.” Most 
of the officers, he says, when on horseback 
are a disgrace to themselves and the animals 
they ride ; and he proceeds to urge the adop- 
tion of methods based on practical common 
sense. 
GEORGE III. (1760-1820.) 
The laws concerning horses made by the 
Parliaments of George III. have bearing on 
the subject of breeding and improvement, 
inasmuch as they deal with the horse as 
taxable property. The turf, road, and hunt- 
ing history of the reign is important, the first 
particularly so, though the King himself took 
little personal interest in racing. ‘‘ Give and 
Take” plates for horses from 12 to 15 hands 
were in fashion during the latter part of the 
