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handled by just as good men, and liave not lacked in 

 opportunities to distinguish themselves. If the brain is 

 not the fountain of speed in the trotter and pacer, will 

 not some Solon of the present day enlighten us? The 

 existence of this brain power in the requisite degree to 

 impell the animal at the rate of a mile in 2-10 is not ap- 

 parent to the observation, and it remains to be seen 

 whether the horse has this requisite or not. All horses 

 exhibit in their countenance and eyes, an index of their 

 general disposition. If you will judge them in the same 

 manner you would estimate a man's character, providing 

 you are a good physiognomist, you will come as near the 

 right estimate as any body. I have seen men who placed 

 great stress upon a high tempered boisterously disposed 

 colt, some kicker or runaway animal, that did it out of 

 pure "cussedness." I have seen men go and buy one of 

 this kind, and unbeknown to any neighbor work at his 

 purchase for a month or six weeks, felicitously awaiting 

 for the time to arrive for him to astonish and paralyze his 

 friends and acquaintances with his newly acquired treas- 

 ure, but I have never known a man made happy by the 

 purchase of such an animal. We prefer a mild mannered 

 sensibly disposed horse to any hot headed kicker or run- 

 away animal, both for a road or a race horse, or in any 

 other capacity. In respect to breedins^, a well bred horse 

 will not be overlooked on account of the absence of 

 known pedigree. The breeding is apparent in the animal 

 whether good or bad. In selecting a trotter that is un- 

 developed from among a number of unbroken colts, the 

 pedigree and performances of his immediate ancestors 

 should not be overlooked, although one colt from the sire 

 and dam of a number of colts and fillies may be a phe- 

 nomenal trotter or pacer, while the others, full brothers 

 and sisters, are of no particular account. The Bruno 

 and Brunette family was remarkable for their all being 

 trotters of no mean capacity. Bruno and Brunette trot- 

 ted a trial in double harness^ in 2-25 }4. Young Bruno's 

 record 2-22 V2, Breeze 2-24, Daniel Boone, record 2-31. 

 trial 2-26, Carl Burr, trial 2-24}i and Jack Archol, the 



