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'a superb Spanish horse'
Hans Sloane writing in 1707:
'The
Horses here are very fine, small, and for the most part well turn'd and
swift, though very weak; they are of the Spanish breed, but very much
degenerated, the English taking no care of them,
but letting them breed in the Savannas, in the mean while
destroying their best and strongest Horses in their Mills for
grinding their Canes.'
but letting them breed in the Savannas, in the mean while
destroying their best and strongest Horses in their Mills for
grinding their Canes.'
A
view of the past and present state of the island of Jamaica: with
remarks on the moral and physical condition of the slaves, and on the
abolition of slavery in the colonies by John Stewart, Oliver & Boyd, 1823
'The breed of native horses has been greatly improved by the occasional introduction of high bred blood horses from England. The race-horses here are beautiful animals, and almost equal in fleetness to the British racers. They are rode by negro jockeys, who acquire all the adroitness and knowingness of that description of men in other countries.'
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from Historic Jamaica by Frank Cundall.
Hakewill's view, in the early 1820s, of Cardiff Hall,
where Blagrove had bred his horses.
