and plentiful, while at present a compact and powerful roadster 

 with free action is scarcely to be bought at any price. It is 

 obvious that the horses of our cavalry are much deteriorated, 

 and that many of them could not go through a single 

 campaign." 



A fine example of the old-fashioned saddle-horse is shown 

 in the frontispiece, which is reproduced from George Garrard's 

 picture of " Archibald, ninth Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, 

 on a cover hack." This work was engraved and published 

 in 1797. 



Another example of the old-fashioned roadster, whose 

 disappearance the writer above quoted deplores, is Monitor, a 

 very fast Hackney which belonged to George IV. That 

 monarch was passionately fond of horses, and Monitor was 

 evidently a special favourite, as his portrait was painted by 

 James Ward, R.A., and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 

 1825. This horse was a son of the famous Phenomenon, who 

 traces his descent in a direct line to the Darley Arabian. The 

 Darley Arabian (foaled 1702) begat Flying Childers (foaled in 

 1715), who was the speediest race-horse of his time, and was 

 considered by many a better horse than Eclipse. The portrait 

 of Monitor, which is here given, shows the best stamp of the 

 old Norfolk Hackney ; muscular, hardy and sound of constitu- 

 tion and limb, this breed furnished the ideal roadster. 



What Foreign Nations are Doing 



Foreign Governments recognise the fact that they can 

 learn something from their neighbours ; they give proof of 

 this by the encouragement they lend to Horse Shows of 

 an International character, such as those which have been 

 held in recent years at Antwerp, Hamburg, Amsterdam, 

 Vienna, Brussels, and in 1900 at Paris. These exhibitions 

 afford opportunities which do not occur otherwise of 

 comparing the results of various systems and methods of 

 breeding. 



