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Title: Horse-breeding in England and India : and army horses abroad
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Gilbey, Walter, Sir, 1st Bart., 1831-1914 Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU
Subjects: Horses Horses CHR 1906 PRO Pearson, Leonard (bookplate) (donor)
Publisher: London : Vinton & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Pennsylvania Libraries
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, Stockwell.f Character of Race-Horses from 1700 to 1900 We have only to examine the history of the race-horse todiscover that the breed has undergone most marked changesin conformation, constitution and character during the lasttwo hundred years ; and to realise that while the race-horse ofa former age could be depended on to beget animals sound andhardy, capable of carrying weight, and that over long distances,he has undergone such changes that it is absurd to expect himto do the same thing in our own day. For generations we have aimed at the development of ahorse of great speed, able to travel a short distance under alight weight ; and having accomplished this with the greatestsuccess, we still expect him to beget horses able to travel longdistances under hea\y weights at reasonable speeds—tobeget, in a word, horses of similar stamp to his remoteancestors, from wiiom we have made him utterly dissimilar ! * The Race-liovse in Tiaiiiinf;. t The Horse: Hoiv to Breed and Rciw Him. 16
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We may sum up this aspect of our subject by sayingthat the modern race-horse, as a sire for the improvementof our breeds of useful horses, is living upon the reputationmade by his ancestors, who, by reason of their form andqualities, could do what we have made it impossible for themodern Thoroughbred to do—i.e., impart qualities we havecarefully bred out of him. Such horses as Shark, whose portrait is here given, hadbone and substance. The work they were called upon toperform required the highest qualities of the horse—stamina,staying-power and ability to carry weight. Shark was foaledin 1771, and was got by Marsk from a mare by Snap;he was bred by Mr. Robert Pigott, and made his firstappearance on a racecourse at the Newmarket First OctoberMeeting of 1774. He started 29 times and won ig times,receiving 6 forfeits and paying 4 ; he Avon more money thanany horse up to his time. Shark, like many of our celebrated Thoroughbreds, wassent to America in 1786, and in \irginia laid the fo

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