Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08


Hunting, or for Running Horses: Con-
querour was Of Spanish Horse, Shotten-
Herring was of Spanish Horse, But
Ter was of Spanish Horse and Peacock
was of Spanish Mare: And These
Beatt all the Horses in their Time, so
much, as No Horse ever ran near them.
81 say, He is Absolutely the best Stall
lion in the World, for all those several
things have formerly Named, IL you do
Wisely appropriate such Mares to him, as
shall be fit for such Uses as you would
have your Breed; and so he is fit for all
Breeds but to Breed Cart-Horses.
The King of Spain hath many Races,
but his Best is at Cordoba in Andalozia,
where he hath above Three Hundred
Mares and Colts, as my Lord Cottington
told me and, besides those of his Males
ty, there are other most Excellent Races,
not only of Noblemen, but also of Private
Gentlemen.
For the Prices, the Earl of Claringdon,
now Lord Chancellor of England, told
Me, That when he was Embas sador in
Spain, Sir Benjamin Wright, Merchant
there that Loves Horses, sold Couple of
Little Spanish Horses for Great Price :
And he says (and many others Confirm
it for a great TRUTH That Three Hun
dred and Four Hundred Pistols for a
Horse, is common Price and Rate, at
Madrid; And the Marques of Seralvo told
me, That a Spanish Horse, called II
Bravo, sent to the Arch-Duke Leopold,
his Master, was held Worth as much as
Manor of Thousand Crowns Year,
and that he hath known Horses at Seven
Hundred, Eight Hundred, and Thou
sond Pistols.
"A Gentleman told me, that he knew a
Cavalier in Spain, who offered another
Three Hundred Pistols. but to let him
Ride his Horse one Afternoon; and the
Owner had reason to Refuse it for it was
to go to the Juego de Toros, where he
might have been Killed: many of the
Finest Horses in the World being Killed
at that Sport, which is the greatest Pity
that can be.
"IOu see that Spanish Horse is Dear
Ware; and then Reckon his Journey from
Andalozia to Bilbo, or St. Sebastine,
which is the next Port for England, and
is Four Hundred Miles at least; and a
Horse cannot Travel above Ten Miles a
day with your Groom, and your Farrier
at least, besides the Casualty of Lame
come Safe to you, yet he will be very
Dear Horse, | assure you: And These
are great Truths of the Spanish Horse.
''oF THE BARB.
"The Barb is next to the Spanish Horse
for Wisdom, but not near 50 wise. and
that makes him much Easier to be Drest
Besides, he is of a Gentle Nature, Uocil.
Nervous, and Light.
''lle is as Fine Horse as can be. but
somewhat Slender, and little Lady-like
and is so Lazy and Negligent in his
Walk, as he will Stumble in a Bowling
Green; he Trots like Cow, and Gallops
Low. and no Action in any of those Ac-
tions: But commonly he is Sinewy, and
Nervous, and hath clean Strength, il
eXcellently MINDED, and good at Length
to Endure great Travel: and very Apt to
Learn, and Easy to be Drest, being (for
the most par) of good Disposition, ex-
cellent Apprehension, Judgment, and
Memory; and when he is Searcht, and
Weakened, no Horse in the World goes
Better in the Manage, in all Ayres
whatsoever, and Rarely upon the Ground
in all Kinds.
The Mountain-Barbs, they say, are the
Best; | believe they are the Largest, but
for my part. | rather desire Miding
Horse, or Less Horse, which are Cheap
enough in Barbery as l have been In.
formed, both by many Gentlemen, and
M Nor n,,fc fTr -, -
Barbery you may Buy very Fine Bari
for Twenty. Twenty-Five or Thirty
Pounds at the most: but then your
Journey is somewhat Great; not by Sea
for, from Tunis, to Marselles in France
is 10 great Voyage; but from Marseles
to Calais by Land, you go all the Length
of France, and at Calais they are Shipl
for England.
"1 on must have an excellent Esquier
a Farrier, and one Groom, and Hire other
Grooms as you Coz but take heed, That
those Mean Rogues Run not Away with
some of your Horses; and because there
Is no Trusting of them, your English
Farrer, and your English Groom, must
always Lie in the Stable, and none OF
those Fellows; but the Gentleman OF
your horse, which ought to be Good
Horssman, must order that Carefully.
IF you would go another Way to work
and Shorter Voyage, then send into
Languedoc and Provence, where many
Gentlemen Buy Barbs of two, three ant
and four Years old at Marseilles, anC
Keep them two or three Years and ther
Sell them; which Barbs you may Buy
for Forty or Fifty Pistols Piece, and a,
Fine Horses as can be: But he whom
you Send must be very Skillful to chus,
well, and to take heed that They be Righ
Barbs; For | Have heard that many il
those countries, about Marseilles, whel
many Barbs come out of Barbery, thrus
in Colts of their own Breed amongs
them for Barbs, and so sell them.
"When | was at Paris there camt
Twenty-Five Barbs Gas they said) nothing
but Skin and Bones, and they were SOLE
for Twenty-Five Pistols a Horse: My
Lord Niscount Montague bought Nine
as Remember, for was with him, anc
helpt to chuse some for him, and one o.
them did Win Many Matches But truly
If had had Million | would not hav,
Bought one Of them, for they were very
Ordinary Horses; Nor do | think the,