ANTIQUITY AND HISTORY OF THE PACING HORSE.
The mechanism of the different gaits—The Elgin Marbles—Britain
becomes a Roman province—Pacers in the time of the
Romans—Bronze horses of Venice—Fitz Stephen, the Monk of
Canterbury—Evidence of the Great Seals—What Blundeville
says—What Gervaise Markham says—What the Duke of Newcastle
says—The amble and the pace one and the same—At the close of
Elizabeth’s reign—The Galloways and Hobbies—Extinction of the
pacer—The original pacer probably from the North—Polydore
Virgil’s evidence—Samuel Purchas’ evidence—The process
of wiping out the pacer—King James set the fashion—All
foreign horses called “Arabians”—The foreigners larger and
handsomer—Good roads and wheeled vehicles dispensed with the
pacer—Result of prompting Mr. Euren—Mr. Youatt’s blunder—Other
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