Live Stock Handbooks, Vol. 2: Light Horses; Breeds and Management (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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William the Conqueror's own charger is said to have been a Spanish horse, and Roger de Boulogne, Earl of Shrewsbury, is reported to have introduced Spanish horses on his estates.

The Conquest, therefore, brought with it sundry strains Of foreign blood, which must necessarily have had its influence in more or less changing the appearance of our native horses.

As Eastern blood has admittedly been so potent a factor in making our English thoroughbred the horse he is, we may just pause to point out that in the reign Of Henry I., we come across the first recorded importation Of an Eastern horse. The story goes that Alexander L, King Of Scotland, presented to the Church Of St. Andrew (inter alia) an Arabian horse. Mention has already been made Of the Arabs Severus is said to have raced in Yorkshire, but we may search in vain for any hint as to how they got here.

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