8 THE HORSE IN AMERICA 



are but a trifle over 12 hands in height, and are 

 the prototypes of the Norwegian Fiord pony — a 

 fixed type of a very valuable small horse." 



The British horse is as old as history. He was 

 short in stature and heavy of build. New blood 

 was infused by both the Romans and the Nor- 

 mans, and when larger horses were needed to 

 carry heavily-armored knights, Flemish horses 

 were introduced both for use and breeding, so 

 that by the time the Oriental blood was intro- 

 duced they had in England many pretty large 

 horses, resembling somewhat the Cleveland Bay 

 of the present time, though not so tall by three or 

 four inches, and not so well finished. The horses 

 that were first brought to America by the English 

 were such as I have suggested. But the first 

 horses brought hither were not English, but 

 Spanish, and these were undoubtedly of Oriental 

 blood as were the horses generally in Spain after 

 the Moslem occupation. But when the Spanish 

 first came there were no horses, as has been said 

 before, in either North or South America. Colum- 

 bus in his second voyage brought horses with him 

 to Santo Domingo. But Cortez, when he landed 



