2 HORSE. ClafeL 



in management, may triumph over the reft of Eu- 

 rope^ in liaving brought each quahty of this noble 

 animal to the higheft perfeftion. 



In the annals of Newmarket^ may be found in- 

 ftances of horfes that have literally out-ftripped the 

 wind, as the celebrated M. Condamitie has lately fhewn 

 in his remarks * on thofe of Great Britain. Childcrs -f 

 is an amazing inftance of rapidity, his fpeed having 

 been more than once exerted equal to 82^ feet in a 

 fecond, or near a mile in a minute : The fame horfe 

 has alfo run the round courfe at Newmarket., (which; 

 is about 400 yards lefs than 4 miles) in fix minutes- 

 and forty feconds-, in which cafe his fleetnefs is to 

 that of the fwifteft Barb, as four to three. - 



Horfes of this kind, derive their origin from Ara- 

 bia ; the feat of the pureft, and moft generous breed. 



The fpecies ufed in hunting, is a happy combina- 

 tion of the former with others fuperior in ftrength,. 

 but inferior in point of fpeed and lineage : an union of 

 both is neceffary ; for the fatigues of the chace mult 

 hi fupported by the fpirit of the one, as well as by 

 the vigor of the other. 



No country can bring a parallel to the ftrength 

 and fize of our horfes delVined for the^lraught ; or to 

 the adivity and ftrength united of thofe that form our 

 cavalry. 



In our capital there are inftances of fingle horfes 

 that are able to draw on a plain, for a fmall fpace. 



* Tn his tour to Italy. 



f M. Conda?nine illuftrates his remarks with the horfe, Star' 

 /.'fig ; but the report of his fpeed being doubtful, we chufe to 

 ip.ftance the fpeed of ChiUers, as indiiputable and univerfally 

 known. 



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