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Title: The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Gresham
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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always an essential and orna-mental part. As yet horses had not been attached to the plough, oxenhaving been employed in the art of husbandry, and even up to a veryrecent period the horse had been exempted from this service. At thetime of the Norman Conquest the horse had been employed in agri-cultural labour, however, as the Bajeux tapestry gives a picture of a mandriving a horse drawing a harrow. In the reign of Henry I two horsesof Barbary were imported into this country, one being presented to theking and the other to the church of St. Andrews, by Alexander the Firstof Scotland. This is the first notice we have of Oriental horses havingbeen imported into Great Britain. Youatt says that some authors haveasserted that from these two horses sprung the English thoroughbred,a statement which he thinks is devoid of foundation. This may ormay not be the case, but if they Avcre Barbs or Arabians they certainlywere of the right breed from which race - horses could be produced. PLATE LXXVl
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