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blended with many of the families of the Ken- 

 tucky saddle-horses, and goes far in giving finish 

 to that remarkable type, which now furnishes 

 mounts for the great army of American park rid- 

 ers, while pretty nearly all the show winners in 

 the saddle classes come from two or three coun- 

 ties of the beautiful Blue Grass State. The adapt- 

 ability of the Morgan blood to other crosses is a 

 strong argument in favor of its Arab origin. That 

 its prepotency has continued so long is another 

 argument in favor of the theory that there was 

 other Arab blood brought by the female lines. 

 These speculations and surmises we cannot 

 prove, but as there is now a register we can know 

 about the latter generations, the good qualities of 

 which will, no doubt, show us that we were for- 

 tunate in saving this invaluable type before it was 

 too late and madness had done its final work of 

 extermination. 



