THE ENGLISH RACE HORSE (_Continued_).
England supplied with horses before the Christian era—Bred
for different purposes—Markham on the speed of early native
horses—Duke of Newcastle on Arabians—His choice of blood to
propagate—Size of early English horses—Difficulties about
pedigrees in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries—Early
accumulations very trashy—The Galloways and Irish
Hobbies—Discrepancies in size—The old saddle stock—The pacers
wiped out—Partial revision of the English Stud Book 79-89