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ing influence which has caused the Conti- 

 nental breeder to devote his attention to the 

 production of horses for road work. We, in 

 our insular security, have never felt so keenly 

 as European nations the necessity for supply- 

 ing the equine needs of vast armies ; and 

 while we have been able to devote our- 

 selves to breeding horses for racing, steeple- 

 chasing, and hunting, the Governments of 

 France, Germany, Hungary, Austria and 

 Italy, have, on principle, encouraged the 

 evolution of an animal for road work ; a 

 class of horse on which they can depend for 

 cavalry, artillery, transport — in fact, for all 

 military purposes. 



FOREIGN DEMAND FOR HACKNEY SIRES. 



In 18S3, two years before the death of 

 Mr. H. R. Phillips, the writer had an inter- 

 view at Wilton Crescent, Belgrave Square, 

 with that gentleman, who purchased Phe- 

 nomenon to go to Yorkshire. Mr. Phillips 

 then eave the following account of that 

 famous horse and his influence on the York- 

 shire breed : — 



" The horses in Yorkshire were not good enough 

 for the London trade, and about the year 1838 I pur- 

 chased from Mr. John Bond, of Cawston, Norfolk, the 

 celebrated sire Phenomenon for Mr. Robert Ramsdale, 



