Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-19

consequently every year for the race
and unfit for any other useful purpose. Mr. Collins
describing the difference between the a
horse stcecchashorsc and hunter the latter being his best
the useful horse every purpose except heavy draug
the nced variation the living machine which
be wound up intense cXeron smooth turf during period
rarely exceeding three the ceplcchascr hunter
very few effective words-
The whcrs the stccpcchaschorsc should be higher
and the shoulders longer.
The girth DEEPER the back ribs lighter
"'3. The hips should be wider, and the pcvis broader
In the gaop the stccpchacr should dashng savage
goc bending his knees we'll The racchorsc should glide along
with straight reach smoothly a cutter through
The hunter should differ from the steepechascr par
cua his back ribs should be deeper and expanded
able him go through many hours of abou without
"a careful consideration these points, noted by the
practical already named uncmbarassed with the theories
which often cer public writers the subject will show that
race horse may be first class in his adethc trade winning
light weights and distances mlc-whic wanting
in the qualifications essential to make good hunter riding
any kind. AS the outlines admired modern
Oriental horse they dccsed by English trainers
"They object the very small head and small pointed
the high setng-on tail which gives much the
Arab On the contrary stated the proceeding page,
class horses the and country (stecpechasers
have their tails low.
From time time instances which the type the
distant Eastern blood reproduced with curious fidelity For
ample, Touchone, winner OF the great St Lcgc 1884
very famous sire of racehoes From him. amongst Others
ccnded Orlando whom the Derby awarded 1914
rather curious circumstances; Suplcc winner the
and of the St Leger 848 and Ncwmnc
St Leger in 1851.
"Touchstoncs pedigree goes back through Eclipse
Amongst the OF Toucsone Motley who
distinguished himself the When Motley exhibited
ngton 1865 being then fourteen years DID, he
recommendation of Mr. Weahcrby of Old Burlington Street
prize consequence his remarkable reproduction
type of his remote Oriental and particularly Arab His
head the head thoroughbred Arab his fautwthc
than his croup-wa Arab fault which he had
his Eclipse 1t apparently cOuntcracted by his union
with hunting afbrcd with good riding shoulders any
his produce work. he attained high cpu
aon sire hunters which he enjoyed till his DEATH but he
sire of good racc-horsc.
Modern acc-horscs longer required carry
miles, and England the barbaty
entirely disappeared They country
courses in the middle of the present century and are still continued in
America and France.
COLOURS OF THOROUGHBRED HORSES.
The modern thoroughbred horse is commonly bay,
qucnty chestnut less frequently brown rarely black still
rarely and scarcely grey Cecil authority writing
1855 calculated the previous thirty years the Derby
by sixteen bays chcsnu, and the
Icge by bays eight browns and five chemus Since
1855 the proporonae number bays has been
number chesnu has increased the number browns dmscd
grey has either great Gustavus
grey, the Derby in 1921 and Frederick another grey
the 1929; nothing OF that colour There has
been grey horse rcpuc Chantcccr who
DID, IS47 and IS4S Royal Plates the GOodWOod
the Doncasc Cup There only grey
named the Racing Calendar OF S72-Mastcr Bago iron
grey and the Srahconan light grey descended Chantccr
through his dam SatcOnan credited with only nine oa
them grey and Master Bago with only bay Roans
into 1904 Rapid Stakes at
Newmarket for the Earl OF Glasgow beating the St Lcgcr
Lord Clden He OF the Physais blood and the earl bred
many tribe amongst which the bcqucatcd to
General Peel Brother to Rapid Rhone horse Bcauvae
and others
"No thoroughbred pebald has appeared public in the
present century but in letter the author from the Duke
Beaufort his Grace mentions that hysais bred him
picbald twins
"Skcvba, oalcd 74 by Godophin Arabian dam by
Whieoot OF the Lccdcs (thc dam OF Flying Chders
bred by the Earl of Godophn great number plates