15 
ON BREEDING. 
UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. 
In a country extending though fifteen degrees of latitude, where 
there are so many variations of soil, we must expect consider¬ 
able diversities of agricultural productions, and, consequently, 
different kinds of horses. Much attention of late has been be¬ 
stowed, and great exertions made, to improve the breed of domes¬ 
tic animals, particularly horses ; and success has crowned their 
endeavours, in bringing to perfection such a number of those useful 
animals, that in Yew York alone, according to “ Warden’s Sta¬ 
tistical Survey in the year 1815,” their number was estimated at 
300,000; yet, at the time of its first discovery by Europeans, 
those animals were not seen in any part of the American conti¬ 
nent. 
The prices in 1815, as stated by W arden, were, “ fine race 
horse, from two to three thousand dollars ; saddle horses, from 
one hundred and fifty to two hundred dollars; a pair of carriage 
horses, from four to six hundred dollars.” 
The South Americans are indebted to the Spaniards for their 
breed of horses; for, before that extensive track of country was 
discovered by Columbus, they were unacquainted with the ani¬ 
mal. Since that period the breed has multiplied so prodigiously 
in that thinly inhabited county, and has so far relapsed into a 
state of nature, as to exhibit the general characters of the wild 
animal. 
The Danish and Italian horses are not very handsome, but 
are w T ell calculated for carriages. Most of them have large thick 
necks ; but this is in some measure compensated by their state¬ 
liness in form, and they are not altogether ungraceful in their 
movements. 
The Studs of the German nobility have been considerably 
improved since the termination of the late war. They have been 
at great expence in procuring the best thorough-bred mares and 
stallions; and already the studs of several noblemen, particularly 
those residing near Mecklenbourg, bid fair to rival the best in 
England. 
The Russian horses are strong, hardy, and muscular animals; 
they are rather coarse in their heads, but are capable of enduring 
great fatigue and privations, though, in point of speed or dura¬ 
bility, they cannot approach in competition with the English 
horse. This was clearly shown in 1815, when a couple of race 
horses, that were thought nothing of in this country, beat the 
best horses of the Cossack breed. 
The Turkish horses are strong, hardy, and useful animals ; but, 
owing to the indolence of the Turks, they are not in such a high 
