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Das Pferd mit seinen verschiedenen Rassen
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Misc. Subj. LXXXIV. Vol. VI. No. 22., THE HORSE WITH IT'S DIFFERENT RACES., Fig. 1. The English horse., A he fine Englifh race-horfe derives from the Arabian or Barb, and therefore much referable? both of them, except that it is much taller. It has a fine dry head, a wellturn'd neck, tall lean withers, light fhoulders, a Jtraight back, the tail being well fet on a fine croup. This kind is only made ufe of for races, and when they grow older, havin» Fig. nalized themfelves, for breeding. One finds among them horfes of extraordinary fwiftnefs; commonly they run two englifh miles in four minutes, four miles in nine minutes. [But they are already as foals of two years exercifed in running twice in a day in winter as in fummer, their foddering and diet being calculated for this end. The common Englifh country horfe is totally different from the former, it's head being thick, flafhy, the neck fhort, the croup blunt, the ftrong legs thick fel with hairs. The most of them are bred in the province of Yorkfhire, and employ'd as courfers and in the fervice of the cavalry., Fig. 2. The French horse., France has, befides it's fine and noble races of horfes, among which thofe of Limoulin and Normandy diftinguifh themfelves as ridinghorfes. In fome parts a fingular caft of work-and peafant — horfes, which are known for their uglineis. Their head refembles that of a hog, the ears are far dtftant from one another, flapping down, »he neck is fhort and thick fet with brifily manes, the croup is very blunt, the ftrong legs are cover'd with hairs till above the knee. They are firm durable workhorfes, contenting themfelves with Tedge, and other mean Corti of erafs.
