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fitness to beget horses that will stand work 
in the hunting field or on the road. This 
is a result of the changes which have come 
over the English Turf during the century. 
We must, however, retrace our steps and 
glance at the endeavours to improve our 
horses which have been made within the 
last thirty years. 
The year 1873 saw the appointment of 
the Select Committee generally known as 
Lord Rosebery’s Committee ‘‘to Enquire 
into the Condition of the Country with 
regard to Horses, and its Capabilities of 
Supplying any Present or Future Demands 
for them.” This committee did not con- 
sider the question of Racing; their labours 
during their sixteen sittings were restricted 
to eliciting facts from the witnesses con- 
cerning the breeding and supply of horses 
of the generally useful stamp; and much 
valuable evidence was given before them. 
To summarise them briefly, the main points 
of their Report were as follows :— 
The Committee considered that so far 
as the Army was concerned it seemed to 
be admitted that the mounted branches 
were never better horsed than they were 
now: Mr. H. R. Phillips had given evidence 
that Irish mares were chiefly used in the 
