Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-08-13

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10y far the most succinct statement the Eng
ID small volume entitled The Horse by H.
d Richardson and published London, 1882 This give
nearly complete adding accounts by cnger Lawrence ana
Sidney Nr Richardson says:
"Thc first mention that we history of the
Islands the time OF their nvasons by the
Romans under Julius Caesar and they mentioned by nm IN MS
commentaries audaory speaking highly at the same
time skill displayed by those who managed them These
prove that the horse must have been long familiar to
the Great Britain 1t IS certain that the horses
of Britain in the time of Caesar powerful and active for the
charots heavy clumsy construction and the roads
informed this animal then kept Britain
may form some idea from that the British king
Cassveanus dbandng the portion OF his army retained
1000 horse purpose oagng and for harassng the
About this time the Romans sent into Britain powerful
of cavalry this gave union of the foreign
breeds this all probability the first
on the native that horses from many different
parts world have formed the component
parts cavalry 1t is very doubtful whether this cross
advantage The conquest doubtless introduced
other breeds of horses into England some OF which,
especially the animals of incOnderabc
beauty and stature, and perhaps well calculated to improve our
native race Athestonc who rcigncd about $780, devoted
the improvement OF horses and received hand
presents horses from SaNony some OF them white and from
French king These last said to be German running
horses
civilian the Conqueror brought many with him
Normandic probable that these confined to the
French varieties favOrc chargers ridden the battle
Hastings Spanish horse and the general impression Of
historians cavalry William mainly indebted for
cess on that evenu Roger dc BOuognc acrWard
Shrewsbury by the victor introduced several Spanish
kngdom especially into his estate of PoVsand
by Gradus Cambcnsi and their excellent
qualities celebrated by Dnyon the poet Bccngcr what
authority know not describes these horses as having been
class peculiarly adapted purposes and the exhibitions
public assemblies which horses always essential and
ornamental part known that horse racing intro
duccd England at this time
reign Henry L. in the 1921 fine horses of
the Arabian Babary blood imported into Britain was
introduced to the Henry other presented the
Church o St Andrews in Scotland by King Alexander l.
reign Henry H. appears from curious and scarce
Latin tract such public exhibitions and horse
comparatively They spoken OF by Fitz
stephen the monk description London These exhibitions
were then Smhfcd which appears have been
the merchants and others Fbscphen
says Without OF the gates OF the city certain plane, or
smooth and situation Every Friday except some
festival intervene sight horses brought be sold
Many OF the city to buy or look on to w.t. cMlS b"ons
knights and citizens 1t pleasant thing behold the horses
gay and sleek moving up and down the amblc
and trotwhh latter pace although rougher the
rider who bear There also colts yet
ignorant bride which pance and bound and give carly signs
spirit courage there also managed war horses of elegant
shape and giving proof OF and noble
temper horses also for the d and plough are to be found
herc'-Ielands Itinerary, vol viii
period the cusadcs followed when many horses were
taken kingdom and valuable horses undoubtedly
brought in The king I85) purchased brood
Mares which he paid the price of pounds twelve and SIX
distributed his four shllngs each
1--WE perceive in the of pounds twelve and sXpence
given by king brood and distributed by him
to his shng each the low value of the common
race as compared with capital horses which years
later 62o apiece and the OF of chargers in 1917
brought ombary 6S thirteen and oupence find
the eagerne possess the largest and heaviest horses
then in Europe
recorded that King John imported 100 choice stations
from Fandc-a improvement Lecause calculated