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VERTEBRATA. 
Among tLe most celebrated English tliorouglibreds was Flying Childers^ named from its owner, 
Mr. Childers, of Carr House. He was the fleetest horse of his day, and is said to have run a mile 
in a minute, but of this there is no authentic record. He, howeyer, ran on the Newmarket course 
three miles six furlongs and ninety-three yards in six minutes and forty seconds. This celebrated 
animal died in 1741, at the age of twenty-six. The English Eclipse was never beaten, and won 
for his owner more than a hundred thousand dollars ; he also became the progenitor of three 
hundred and thirty-four winners upon the turf, which won for their proprietors nearly a million 
of dollars. Eclipse died in 1789, at the age of twenty-five. The names of horses of more mod- 
ern date renowned on the English turf are "too numerous to mention." 
Beside the Thoroughbred Horse there are a number of varieties of great celebrity in England. 
Among them we may mention the Himter, which is derived from horses of entire blood, bred 
with mares of substance, correct form, and good action. This animal is able to carry a consider- 
able weight, through heavy grounds, with a swiftness and perseverance truly astonishing. The 
Irish Hunter, the Old English Roadster, and the Cob, are all useful breeds for the saddle. The 
Hackney for the coach, the Black Horse, the Suffolk Punch, the Lanark and Clydesdale for draught, 
are noted and favorite varieties. The Cleveland Bays formerly had great reputation for draught, 
but they are said to have depreciated. In England the horse is used for almost every purpose of 
draught and burden on the farm, and hence the humbler breeds for this species of w^ork are scarcely 
less cultivated than those for the race-course and the chase. The Welsh Horse is small, but is 
noted for its energy and perseverance upon the road. The Galloway is a Scotch breed, some- 
what larger than the preceding, but of similar qualities ; it is said to resemble the Spanish horse* 
The Ponies or Shelties, called Garrons in the Highlands of Scotland, are similar to the indigen- 
ous horses of Norway, the Feroe and Shetland Islands, and Iceland ; they are of various sizes, 
from eight to twelve hands high ; their colors are bay, dun, and sometimes cream-color. A sim- 
ilar breed is also found in Corsica. 
