Fannimj of Yorkshire. 
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Horses. — " Yorksliirc doth breed the best race of Eiififlish 
horses," wrote the judicious Fuller; and the same may be said 
in the present day. Some of the ablest pens have loved to write 
of the wondrous feats of a favourite steed. Sou they describes 
liis favourite " Nobs" in the ' Doctor' with a touch of feeling, 
minuteness of description, and skilful handling-, that make you 
almost fancy the horse before you, with his owner expatiating on 
the good (jualities he had, and the bad ones which he had not, 
till you become almost as much imbued with love for the horse 
as the writer evidently was : — 
" He was fit and powerful for the road, 
Blending niislity strength with fleetness, high in courage and in blood, 
Free from all the well-known vices, broad of nostril, large of jaw, 
With the ten good marks distinguished." 
We believe " Nobs " was a genuine Yorkshire horse, and no 
other county could produce his like. 
Race-Horses. — Of the race-horses which are bred and trained 
in the neighbourhoods of Malton, Beverley, Doncaster, and in 
many parts of the North Riding, we need say but little. It falls, 
however, within our province to remark that the thoroughbred 
horse to be used as a hunting sire ought to be selected with much 
more care than the breeders seem to think necessary. They too 
often look for a fashionable pedigree, a large size, and good 
colour, and disregard soundness and good action, to the dissa- 
tisfaction of their customers and their own loss. " Country " 
stallions of good form and action, though with less fashionable 
pedigrees, would give more satisfactory results. We need not 
notice this subject further. The turf has its own literature, and 
to it we must refer those readers who are specially interested 
in the subject. 
Hunters. — The hunter is generally bred by the farmer ; the 
demand for strong animals capable of carrying heavy weights 
having been on the increase, large sums are paid for them. Let 
these be well made with good bone and sinew, well up to 12 or 
13 stones, and able to keep up in a good run, and the fortunate 
owner may demand from 200 to 300 guineas. The high pi'ice 
offers every inducement to the study of cross-breeding with a 
view to such animals. They surpass the hunter of former days, 
being more enduring throughout a hard day, carry heavier 
■weights, come home fresher than formerly, recover themselves 
sooner, and are superior in every respect to their predecessors 
in the hunting-field of twenty years ago. In the lighter breed we 
<lo not observe any difference. 
Riding-Horses. — The old-fashioned strong and heavy riding- 
horse is not so much required as formerly, but, when perfect, is 
still very valuable. Breeders are too commonly wanting in that 
