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

draught
About 100 years importation and
draught horses from Lombady by order of Edward H.
Edward III. bought 50 Spanish chargers price of
We find him indebted Count anault in the Of
5000 which he had purchased He also bought
chargers great horses France All these horses t
yayi) taught ambe the Edwards dis
bursements the horses he obtained France find item
purpose teaching horses ambc Edward
III had also many running horses of lighter and more active form
and which probably used for hunting and racing and he
crossed the heavier with the lighter breeds.
The mode which combats decided in the odcn time
by hando hand ombat and under defensive armo had strong
tendency keep the bulk Of the horse and prevent improvement
This until the introduction the gunpowdcr which
invented by monk Cologne named Swah about the
$50 From this period the British breed of horses steadily i'm
proved, became known and valued everywhere
I'm 1888 post horses and stages first established In $50
coaches first introduced Up that period the first ladies
the land had other mode of than to ride behind
pIon and the queen rode thus behind her of horse
when She in St Pau The Introduction coaches
tended improve the breed horses that period
heavy preferred this may therefore regarded
the important pochs in the history the horse
Britain 1t has been said that the Spanish
escaped the wreck the Armada and the originals
the of Galloways in Scotland
"In Elzabchs reign in high rcputc,
that James of England Scotland horse racing was
extensively cultivated and promoted This prince had established
this sport Scotland but his system wrong consisting
wholly matches against time OF ongcontnucd endurance
about introducing kingdom; his
essay the Markham Arabian This the first truly authentic Ara
reached England The Duke of Newcastle
cred the greatest judge horses OF his day describes him his
Treatise Craftsmanship, little bony bay horse ordinary
shape, and almost worthless.
James afterwards purchased from Mr. Place brought
Africa,
White Turk This importation speedily followed by the intro
ducton of the cmscy Turk by Ncrs, the first Duke OF Bucing
which that called the Morocco Barb added
by Lord Fairfax From this period Improvement rapidly advanced
"Chac warmly encouraged racing and hunting indeed to
the breed of light rapid horses brought by
this prince that became the subject memorial setting forth that
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country likely altogether to disappear unless
taken prevent their doing
Cromwell had his horses proved that he
bone and bulk be match for speed and endurance He
had himself trained his rondcs the best regiment of cavalry,
probably, al that time existence.
"Charcs had established Hyde New
market Charles H. added these The prizes had up this
period consisted of bell Bells abolished and cup
piece plate the value OF guinca substituted for them We
may add that later the cup plate always taken in the
literal the word the actual value, gunca being
nearly every given the instead Charles II his
horse the Lcvant procure horses and and the
brought also many their produce have been
called royal From the locality these frequently
Turks Babs, but speedily every description
became cngrafcd in British stock.
added plates different parts the
kingdom Queen Anne also added several plates Towards
the his reign the prejudice against Arab blood which orig
mated the failure King James horse ecctuay removed
by the celebrated Daley Arabian Mr. Daley
procured this beautiful horse from his brother merchant OF Aeppo
George the first discontinue the practice OF giving
cups plates giving specie the value guncas in their
stead.
year the reign George H. par
lament enacted taxing horses This policy calculated to
progress horses and to
class people much of the temptation attend
the reign George III special imposed upon
and the tenfourh OF his enacted
that any running horse plate other prize
should addition all mposts pay the 2 and
the thereof shall previously pay guncas the duty for
one year to course other authorized person
W. will a few 0 O
land and Ireland