Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-05

Group round and full yet the Legs clean and
distinct paserns often high Spanish stallion
that saw description in points, with the
exception his pastens short and strong and his feet of
good shape and but he showed signs of action mean
in sporting sense abound in that curvctng
lofty species calculated indeed for the riding school and
the parade which quite place. least unless the
the field and the road will contribute much
bringing his journeys end There is yet be-
variety in Spain Upper Andausa and perhaps de-
scended from the ancient Comets"
OF the Andalusian horse Sidney says
Spanards have been famous for their horses from the
earliest historical times horse acknowledged
Europe until the English produced the thorough
bred Spain still breeds Of horses remarkable for quality
and for stately action.
Spanish Genet breed famous since the
recorded bv old Frossa are kept riding
horses for long distances by wealthy Spanards The
light boodke animal the evident descendant of the Barbs
brought country by the Moo when they conquered the
greater part OF Spain.
The horse OF the country Familiarity known the horse Of
coQha6aut, hardy enduring useful ANIMAL which occupies
place the Devon pachore did before roads
spoiled his probably the descendant of the horses
Hannibal mounted his Spanish cavalry when he fought the
and nearly conquered Italy He in fact animal
which traveller would the country but not often care to take
OF it.
The third race is that Of the Spanish the
true d1ij whose handed down the eques
an portraits Veasquez whose praises fill the pages of
every craftsmanship the period when armor-weang
knights hgh-schoo Workmanship disappeared be replaced
by racing hunting and the value of BLOOD and SIZE
the English thoroughbred became acknowledged throughout
Europe
Gcrvasc Markham the Duke Newcastle Cox Barrett and
Bcrengcr all the Spanish Nepotan horse
rvalcd forw and the manage.
Thomas Rice v S. who had charge o the stud of Lord
Dalng, when British minister in SPAIN writes OF the modern
Spanish horse:
THE Spanish generally fifteen sixteen
hands, large bony head shape like the face of Me
rino sheep hcncc called I caJw9o with full eye and large
expanding which denote his remarkable vigor and
shosh muscular neck strong shoulders rather the
THIGHS hOCS
placed them; the orccgs and feet good
generally well formed short canonbones and
tcndons strong and standing well out All elasticity
action in walk canc-astcr than this they should
not be asked to move at pace they their beauty
notion appear be Disconnected from the of
of their action my opinion horse is SUPERIOR either in the
park parade wcbrc and broken Spanish horse OF the
best breed such that known the Don Carlos or those OF the
Duke Abba Capu Codova; those of the
Marquis Alcances the Duke de Sesto few miles from
Dukes de Borrowers and Abantc the Marquis de
Pcracs other nobcmen Baccn and Cad These
families they breed the ump This disfg
English eye. The constitution OF this breed is
stronger than that foreign horses that have met with roar
ing and whsng are unknown amongst them They rarely fall trip
stumble they generous and free either in riding driving if
properly Although they dOcc They know the
value good horse in Spain and frscass will cost twenty
five thousand thvc thousand reals two hundred and fifty to
three hundred and fifty guincas.
Spanish this breed, rule do large
They very seldom broken used but simply
kept for breeding purposes and rarely fed as they should be
in order produce fine animals In the spring and summer they
have plenty winter they seldom get anything but straw
They run wild only approached by the that
attend them They powerful animals with the best shaped legs
and possible rather heads and inclined to be too low at
scttingon tail English gooserumped
several OF these with the Kedge This horse had
beautiful strong, straight back with tail high
points which exactly cOuntcracd what unht the Spanish
The produce four years old were goodookng with
power and substance enough for almost purpose
In don't think possible have finer for general use
English horse and the Spanish have also
bred the Cleveland coaching and Yorkshire and Norfolk otng
stallion pure Arab All the combine