Horses Past and Present :: HEAVY HORSES.

HEAVY HORSES.

The Shire Horse Society, founded 1878 (as the English Cart Horse Society; name changed in 1884). Secretary, Mr. J. Sloughgrove, 12, Hanover Square, W.

The Suffolk Horse Society, founded 1891. Secretary, Mr. Fred Smith, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

The Clydesdale Horse Society, founded 1883. Secretary, Mr. Archibald MacMilage, 93, Hope Street, Glasgow.

London Cart Horse Parade Society, founded 1885. Secretary, Mr. Euren, 12, Hanover Square, London, W.

The dates when these Societies were established are given, as the information eloquently bears out that passage in the Report of the Royal Commission on Horse-breeding which refers to private enterprise.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Ponies Past and Present. By Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart, published by Vinton & Co., Limited.

[2] “The History and Art of Horsemanship.” By Richard Berenger, Gentleman of the Horse to George III., published 1771.

[3] “London,” by Stephanides. Leland’s Itinerary, vol. viii.

[4] “The History of Newmarket.” By T. P. Hore. (3 vols.) H. Baily & Co. London, 1886.

[5] See The Great Horse or War Horse (p. 26). Third edition. By Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart. Vinton & Co., Ltd. 1899.

[6] See Ponies Past and Present, pp. 5-6.

[7] The Great Horse or War Horse. Third edition. By Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart., Vinton & Co., Ltd., 1899.

[8] “History of Newmarket.”

[9] There is some doubt concerning the price paid by the King for the Markham Arabian. The Duke of Newcastle, in The New Method of Dressing Horses (1667) says: “Mr. Markham sold him to King James for five hundred pounds,” and this statement has been repeated by Sidney and other writers. In the Times of September 1, 1878, however, a correspondent signing himself “H” drew attention to the following entry in the “Records of the Exchequer:” “Item, December 20, 1616, paid to Master Markham for an Arabian Horse for His Majesty’s own use £154. Item, the same paid to a man that brought the same Arabian Horse and kept him £11.”

[10] Coach and Sedan.

[11] Pills to Purge Melancholy.

[12] “Remarks on the Early Use of Carriages in England,” ArchÆologia, 1821.

[13] Ibid.

[14] “Carriages: Their First Use in England,” by Sir Walter Gilbey; Live Stock Journal Almanac, 1897.

[15] History of the Art of Coach Building. By Geo. A. Thrupp, London, 1876.

[16] The History and Art of Horsemanship. By Richard Berenger, London, 1771.

[17] “Half Bred Horses for Field and Road; Their Breeding and Management,” Journal of the R. A. S. E. vol. xix., part 1, No. xxxvii.

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