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the north of us, we have a mongrel breed of what are called * 

 French horses, a combination of the Norman with other 

 stock common to the country ; while at the south, are the 

 Spanish reliques of their earlj importations. Intermediate 

 between these two great types are the horses of New Eng- 

 land. 



Situated as we are, in one of the best climates for the 

 development of muscle and frame, why should we not have 

 a type of horses with as world wide a reputation as is the 

 odor of sanctity ot Plymouth Rock, and tlie fame of our 

 New England teachers? 



Vermont has deservedly obtained a reputation for her 

 excellent horses. The fame of the " Morgan Horse " is 

 almost world wide. It would be a waste of time for me to 

 give the pedigree of that noble race. It is so well known 

 that almost any school boy can repeat it. Tlie two barbs, 

 '' Ranger " aud '' Bassorah," one from the head of the Per- 

 sian Gulph, brought in 1S19 ; the other, a windfall through 

 accident, coming to this country when he was destined for 

 England, from the Emperor of Morocco to an English offi- 

 cer who had rendered him some service. These horses pre- 

 pared a stock that, when met by the later importations from 

 England, of whom Wildair is a representative, or his foal. 

 True Britton, who, by the fortun-js of war, is separated from 

 his master, Gen. Delancy, and made to mate with what his 

 aristocratic blood might have taken as insulting to his high 

 lineaffe. ********* 



Thus was our Morgan produced, by a mixture of the 

 high and the low, each side having in their veins blood of 



