Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
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ENGLAND AND THE BRITISH ISLES

whence those horses which COmWeHs Iron
sides years later rode down the cavaliers led by Prince Rupert
Granham Gansborough Marton Moor and at Nascby all
battles decided by cavalry
al do daily fndc" says Markham, experience, that
goodness bodnc swnc and endurance OF our true
bred English horses equal with OF horses whatsoever
Some former writer's of experience to aattcr
novelties English horse is great strong
jade dcepbbcd sdbelcd with strong cggc and good hooe
either saddle any working employment
How false this is all English horscmcn knowe.
"'Thc English horse him mean that bred under
good cline, hmc ground pure temperature, OF tall stature
large proportions his head though fine either the
Fabaris Tukc yet lean long and wcfashoned; his
crest only thickness he be stoned but he be
gedcd then is firm and strong his chync straight and broad
his limbs large flat and cXcclenty jonted For their
have them suffer and much and more
l noted OF any lorraine creation
Again what nation hath brought forth that
horse which hath exceeded the Eng-whcn the best Barbe
their prime them ovcrrunnc by black
Sabury yet that hobbc ovcunne by horse
called Valentines Valentine neither in hunting running
cquaed yet panbred English horse both by ye and
Again infinite labor and long endurance which is to be
hunting matches have horse to COM
pare with the English He OF tocrabc shape strong valiant
and durable
This passage important because popular notion that
the goodness English horses began with the horse in the time
OF Charles H. much be said in favor OF the theory
that big blood horse the result of crosses OF Oriental blood out
English Mares cultivated by careful selection and generous
Next to the English Markham places the courscr of
infinite couragcouncss His limbs and general features
strong well knit together that he hath been ePucd the
only beast the being naturally free from fear cowadcc
His head long very SLENDER doth from eye the
like hawkes. bcak He hath great full eye sharp
straight cgge which, ovcrcurious eye might appear
slender which all the fault curosc itself find
They be naturally lofty pace loving their rider strong
and conclude good in all poyns that no
foraync has borne ythc much cNcccncic The
kingdom OF Naples when Markham vccroyay OF Spain
Next the Ncapotan he places the Turkish horse All he
Consantnopc which the part OF Thracc
not of monsous greatness nclnng middle size finely
headed Babarc They have excellent forchands
length DEPTH and proportion They
have them used English bell courses
Naturally they desire ambc and which most strange their ot
is full OF pride and graccuness
Next to the Turk he places Barba They swift
beyond foraync horses only employ them in
England
Next Turk he the genet which he had in
Spain The genet may pasc caricrc (un course in ttng)
some twelve twenty great pussancc and wc but
running English which commonly three four
such virtue them He describes them
naturally taking ambng; their rot long and
waving and the animal himself full grown until six old
The High Amane horse great high having
neither esteem him for the shock
chagc) manage They much used for but
think like their counmen rather for wall or defence than either
assault action They great slow, hard totters
The Fleming he describes resembling the Amainc His
place daught which he cxccedcth all other horses
"And the Fricsland horse IS like Fleming,
fiery and hot but more INT for service being able to
pass short beat and such like but vicious his
pace being short hard trOt
That hunting had long before public for obtained
importance which created the horse confirmed by the
writings Michael who, I6S, fantastic book
horscmanshp full OF sound prccepts written the pedantc
language of the which he speaks of Gcasc Markham with
great respect
Bas description of the hunting horse OF that would not
the present day except that he word about
eaping although Markhams of
catte called drag hunt and OF wild goose chase that
they every obstacle while his directions choosing
racing selecting the habcd