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AMERICAN HORSES. 



class. Hunting is becoming popular in America, and there 

 are many good jumpers in that country. For instance, 

 Mr. \\'illets' Heatherbloom made a record high jump of 

 7 feet 8 inches. 



U. S. Carriage Horses. — Of late years, high stepping, 

 showy carriage horses have become greatly prized in the 

 States. We read in the New York Herald that Mr. Thomas 



Fig. 562. — Mexican horse. 



W. Lawson gave $jo,ooo (about ;f 2,050) for the " heavy 

 harness horse," Red Cloud. This animal, like almost all 

 the other fashionable American carriage horses, has a great 

 deal of trotting blood in him. 



" When the National Horse Show was established and 

 for several years afterwards, popular belief credited the 

 English hackney with exclusive ability to fold his knees 

 and flex his hocks in the extravagant style required to 

 ^et the ribbons at the Garden. Admirers of the trotting 



