Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-03

his lordhp ride Another otyngc gambadync
hors his lodshp ride when ne into proper
ambyngc nag when he goeh hunting and hawking; great
ambynge gedng trotting gelding carry his male.
"Hobys little hacks, described by early writer's
monty bred in Ireland.
"Thc cothscl followed the my lord: and
when he the his lordshp
change his tong amblng nag and parade
horse order make his entry the form and expected OF
great pesonages those days No doubt he put aside his rough
travelling Clothes himself in those magnificent
which picturesque the portraits the Tudor age
and have been impossible riding dress the roads Of
either north or south
'Wrc the history Of attributed
good deal of importance to an act parliament 81 Henry WILL
chap s. under which enacted That person shall put
any chase heath any entire horse
above the age OF years. not being hands high within the
shcs Norfolk Suffolk Cambridge, Buckingham Huntingdon
ESSEX Kent South Ian Bcr North Wits Oxford Worcester
Gloucester Wales Bedford Warwick Nottingham Ian
Saop, Leicester Hereford Lincoln under hands
any other county And enacted that any person may
any horse having him by
keeper the forest the constable the in the pres
three honest found contrary what
pressed to be turned to his use BY the all
and other places shall within days Nchacmas
be driven by the and Keepers and there be found any
Of the said drifts any able bear oa reasonable
do profitable labor in the discretion of the majority the
drivers they may kill and bury them also
archbhops all keep trong
the saddle, each of which be least hands high
Every clergyman possessing living of the of IIoo per
any whose wife should bonnet
to keep tottng entire horse under penalty of Eco
forgotten although impcrous Henry
could make any laws he chose dictate his parliament he had
such carrying his
the centralized governments OF France and Prussia According
historical evidence the effect of these diminish
horses when $685. Ezabcths reign Eng
land threatened by the Spanish armada there scarcity
horses With all the enthusiasm that pcvadcd the the queen
only able to muster cavalry which Bundevc who
book Workmanship that epoch says very Indifferent
strong, heavy, slow draught horses, light and weak
had
weight cang roadster should be- but the animal he provides
Adonis neither thoroughbred fit carry the first
flight Lcccerhirc He might have borne the Earl of Essex
gandy satisfactorily in hunting buck great
park but would have had chance modern fox hunt
ox-iccdng county grand national sccpchasc AS Shakes
pcasc England he have the
describes.
'Round-hoofed short oned fetocks shay and long
Broad breast, full eyes, small head and nostrl wide
High short straight legs and passing strong
Thin thick tail, broad bullock, tender hide
although the shaggy fctoc show that Shakcpcacs
was habrcd his small head nostr wide and thin name
prove that he had quality perhaps derived Spanish
Barb introduced under the reign Queen Mary
by her Spanish husband Syrian Arab the prize of
a crusader.
"Gcrvais Makham+ very accomplished writer on several
rural Subjects writing James L. described all the
European horses that period and there internal evidence that
he had any travelled in France and Spain
The OF Gcrvasc Markham may therefore a
standpoint summing up English
production the thoroughbred racchoc which effected
nearly hundred years later Poughng and the heavy
draugh agriculture carried chiefly by Goods and
merchandise conveyed from part OF the country another
entirely by pack horses active breed the which
had been entirely discontinued the England
OF this century The Devonshrc pack horse
the boasts OF that county within living memory. Carriages
hung rude springs the uNures the wealthy and
carriages disgust Thames watcrmcn been
established in London Every knight bound
keep proportion the military due him
every landed squire and quirc lady kept
riding horses and performed all journeys horseback
public Hunting the buck and the hare