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found or constitute in them a distinctive lineage. 

 From each of them classes have been established^ 

 which, by common practice, are called "breeds." 

 Thus, as an outcome of the light breeds we have 

 the Race-horse, the Hackney, and other varieties. 

 As an outcome of the heavy breeds we have the 

 Shire, Suffolk, Cleveland, and Clydesdales. 



This opinion I find supported in a work by 

 Cully,* who was a pupil of Robert Bakewells, 

 published so long ago as 1794, in which the author 

 says: — "It is generally thought that we have only 

 two original breeds of horses in this Island, viz., the 

 race of blood kind and the black cart breed ; the rest 

 have been supposed to be only variations from these 

 two by repeated crossings." 



IRISH HORSES 



The size and weight-carrying power of horses 

 bred in Ireland have not kept pace with the 

 demand. For one sizeable animal bred and up to 

 weight or fit for coach or carriage purposes, there 

 are at present twenty-five small undersized horses. 

 In reality, the craze for pace has been increasingly 

 in the ascendant, and size and substance have been 

 sacrificed. Those persons who have occasionally 

 attended the Royal Dublin Show can but have 

 noticed this. 



* " Observations on Live Stock," by George Cully, published in 1799 

 and afterwards republished, the 4th edition dated 1807. 



