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Cline, * deduced from experience gained upon his farm 

 at Southgate, near London, in the last century, and 

 are ■ supported by all the most eminent practical 

 breeders, such as Bakewell, Cully, Somerville, Parry, 

 and others ; as well as by most theorists, among 

 whom we may mention Dr. Coventry — who wrote 

 a pamphlet in 1806, entitled, "Remarks on Live 

 Stock " — and also Darwin, Hunt, and Young. 



It must be admitted that during the past half- 

 century we have not made a study, or given much 

 thought to breeding horses, with the exception of 

 Thoroughbreds and the draught massive beasts of 

 burden. The farmers have considered it more 

 remunerative to till the soil and grow corn, cattle and 

 sheep. The intermediate animals, other than the 

 race-horse or the draught- horse, have received but 

 little attention. 



Of those two definable types the race-horse 

 descends from the Arab or Barb — we now call them 

 Thoroughbreds ; the thoroughbred coming pure 

 from the Eastern animals imported into England 

 with no intermixture of alien blood. 



Of the draught type we have the old English 

 Cart-horse, spoken of by mediaeval writers as the 

 Great-horse and the War-horse. 



On these two types, long continued, costly, and 

 thoughtful care has been bestowed, with a view to 



* Henry Cline (born 1750, died 1827), a celebrated surgeon in London. 

 " Form of Animals," two editions published in 1805, and republished in 

 1806 and 1829). 



