They do indeed breed very fine horses here, and perhaps some of the best in the world, for let foreigners boast what they will of barbs and Turkish horses and, as we know five hundred pounds has been given for a horse brought out of Turkey, and of the Spanish jennets from Cordova, for which also an extravagant price has been given, I do believe that some of the gallopers of this country will outdo for speed and strength the swiftest horse that was ever bred in Turkey, or Barbary, take them all together.
Defoe/Tour, 1724
THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT 
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