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Americans horses are, speaking generally, better than ours. Their average is higher. Though we probably in most classes have some animals that are more showy & even better adapted to their work yet certainly they have fewer poor [[unclear]]. With us everything that is in the form of a horse fetches money from the stylish pair which everybody notices in the Park down to costermonger's poney. Manifestly inferior animals do not appear to be bred at all in America. There is a point they do not fall below, & that point admits of bone & blood enough to be noticed. | Americans horses are, speaking generally, better than ours. Their average is higher. Though we probably in most classes have some animals that are more showy & even better adapted to their work yet certainly they have fewer poor [[unclear]]. With us everything that is in the form of a horse fetches money from the stylish pair which everybody notices in the Park down to costermonger's poney. Manifestly inferior animals do not appear to be bred at all in America. There is a point they do not fall below, & that point admits of bone & blood enough to be noticed. | ||
Their horses have another merit also. As a general rule they do just what is required of them, & nothing more. It is rare to see one that jibs, or shies, or stumbles, or misbehaves himself in any way. | Their horses have another merit also. As a general rule they do just what is required of them, & nothing more. It is rare to see one that jibs, or shies, or stumbles, or misbehaves himself in any way. I cannot say whether it is that being sounder in body they are sounder also in mind; or whether it is to be attributed to some superiority in the American method of breaking in their horses; or whether the [[unclear]] effects of maize are superior to those of oats: though indeed I see from the returns that in some parts of the country a large quantity of the latter grain is raised. | ||
As American drivers have more confidence in themselves & their fortune than any drivers in the world, & are ready at any moment to run any risk, this rationality, & docility of their horses is a valuable quality. One frequently does not know which to admire most the skill & nerve, or intelligence & training... | |||
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291 Americans horses are, speaking generally, better than ours. Their average is higher. Though we probably in most classes have some animals that are more showy & even better adapted to their work yet certainly they have fewer poor unclear. With us everything that is in the form of a horse fetches money from the stylish pair which everybody notices in the Park down to costermonger's poney. Manifestly inferior animals do not appear to be bred at all in America. There is a point they do not fall below, & that point admits of bone & blood enough to be noticed.
Their horses have another merit also. As a general rule they do just what is required of them, & nothing more. It is rare to see one that jibs, or shies, or stumbles, or misbehaves himself in any way. I cannot say whether it is that being sounder in body they are sounder also in mind; or whether it is to be attributed to some superiority in the American method of breaking in their horses; or whether the unclear effects of maize are superior to those of oats: though indeed I see from the returns that in some parts of the country a large quantity of the latter grain is raised. As American drivers have more confidence in themselves & their fortune than any drivers in the world, & are ready at any moment to run any risk, this rationality, & docility of their horses is a valuable quality. One frequently does not know which to admire most the skill & nerve, or intelligence & training...