humble experience, is not able to go out as many 

 days in the week as a man who keeps only a few 

 horses requires. The difficulty is in getting good 

 back sinews. If you distress an under-bred horse 

 one week, the odds are that you won't get him out 

 again for another three weeks ; whereas, if he is a 

 thoroughbred, you will be able to ride him again 

 within a few days. The great difficulty is how we 

 are to get a weight-carrying horse of a strong strain 

 and thoroughbred. 



With regard to the hackneys which are now 

 going to be shown, I hope you will suspend your 

 judgment as to what riding and driving horses there 

 are in England until you have seen the Show 

 to-morrow. I have in my hand a catalogue of exhibits 

 which contains no less than ninety-five stallions of 

 various sizes, some up to i6 hands in height, and 

 between thirty and forty mares of the same breed. 



I may say one word about the title of the Society. 

 We owe the starting of it to Mr. Euren, the 

 ■editor of the Norwich Mercury, a paper which has 

 been published at Norwich ever since i 730, or rather 

 ■earlier, and which has kept records of all horses 

 travelling and all horse shows. He is also the well- 

 known editor of the "Norfolk and Suffolk Red Polled 

 Herd Book." For many years he has taken the 

 greatest interest in what was called the Norfolk 

 Trotter. He has searched every book that it has 

 been possible to get on the subject, and has made 

 his notes for about twelve years. 



