The Thoroughbred Horse

The Duchoss Fwrmer, in au artiole on ;he thorough bred horse, very terscly shows up his poifrts of superiority as folOW8 : 1. They are more intelligent, posseseng more brains and nervous matter. 2. They are, froin their intelligence, more tractablo and kind in their dispositions and temper. 8. They are less liable to disease, from a superior organization. 4. They are more elegant in carriago and appearanci;. 5. They are superior in action. 6. They endure the vicissitudes of heat and cold better. 7. They live to a mtrch greater age, maiiitaining their usefulness. 8. They are superior in fleetness, bravery, and breathing powers. 9. They always have and always will comniand a higher price in the market than any other breeds. lf you will examine the thoroughbréd you will, on investigation, fmd a superior animal organization- his bones are more solid, hij teiidóns stronger and much better defined, his 'muocle more firm and elastie - in i'act, his lorm and quality are so muoh superior in results that he is mueh more active, much inore fleet and powerful than any other variety of the horse tribe. He will perfofta more labor in a given time, and repeat the task ofteuer, coming around qujeker from over work than any animal of inferior blood. When the cold-blooded horse is overworked his spiiits sink and his reeovery is slow, and sometime never complete. A square inch of bone from a thorough-bred horse is much heavier than a square inch from a cart horse, the latter resembling purniee stone, while the former is solid, partaking more of the elose-grained nature of ivory. The same remaïK will apply to the tendons and muscles. Consequently a thorotigh-bred horse will be stronger than a cart-horse in a little more than half the compnss. lt is assorted, and doubtless truc, that the thorough-bred can support a greater weight on his back than the èommon horso.