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[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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Transcriber's notes:

The following is a list of changes made to the original.
The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one.

King Alfred (871 to 991) had a Master of the Horse, named Ecquef,
King Alfred (871 to 899) had a Master of the Horse, named Ecquef,

It is stated that, in the year 1752, sixty throughbred stallions,
It is stated that, in the year 1752, sixty thoroughbred stallions,

putting a man on a rough trotting horse, to which he is obliged
putting a man on a rough trotting horse, "to which he is obliged

GREY DIOMED, folded 1785. By Diomed--Grey Dorimant.
GREY DIOMED, foaled 1785. By Diomed--Grey Dorimant.

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