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Childers (foaled 171 5), the fastest race-horse 

 on the turf of his time. The pedigree of 

 many of the best race-horses now living 

 traces back to Flying Childers. 



PROPER HEIGHT FOR A HACKNEY STALLION. 



The type and stoutness of the Original 

 Shales has been transmitted through his 

 descendants to the best Hackneys of the 

 present time. What this type was we shall 

 learn on a later page from the writings of 

 Richard Blome. The true type of old- 

 fashioned Hackney came near being lost 

 at one period, and no doubt it would be 

 spoiled, if not lost altogether, were breeders 

 to use large stallions over 15 '2, which are 

 not of the true Hackney type. 



The true type is a horse not exceed- 

 ing 1 5 hands 2 inches in height. The 

 writer well remembers a visit he paid 

 to Norfolk in 1 863 in search of animals 

 large enoug-h to make carriagfe horses. The 

 only harness horses to be found in those 

 days were called " Norfolk Cobs," and cobs 

 they were in size as well as in name, stand- 

 ing about 14-2 to i4'3. 



Two hundred years ago, and later, good 

 saddle-horses for road work were in general 



