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called Mustangs. Some of them do well for the saddle; but 

 their wild nature frequently returns when they fall into the 

 hands of inexpert horsemen, and they become treacherous and 

 intractable. 



THE CANADIAN HORSE. 



The Canadian horse is supposed to be of Norman-French 

 origin. His hight is about fourteen hands. His body is solid, 

 round, and compact; the head neat, and the forehead broad; 

 the legs are comparatively heavy, and the joints large; the 

 shoulders and quarters are well formed and strongly muscled; 

 the neck is heavy and surmounted by a heavy, bushy mane ; 

 the tail is strong and heavy. He is solid, compact, and strong. 

 Many of them have excelled as trotters. Our long, tall, gang- 

 ling, lathy horses would be greatly improved by a cross with 

 the Canadian. He is longlived and a moderate eater. 



THE MORGAN HORSE. 



In almost every particular the Morgan horses are so re- 

 markably distinct from other horses as to entitle them to be 

 considered a distinct breed. The Morgan horses of this coun- 

 try are the descendants of a horse owned by a gentleman by the 

 name of Justin Morgan, of Randolph, Vermont, from whom 

 the horse took his name. The Morgan colt, as he was long 

 called, was said to have been sired by a horse called True 

 Briton, or Beautiful Bay. True Briton was stolen from a 

 British officer (General De Lancy) by a man by the name of 

 Smith. Of course, the fellow who stole the horse failed to get 

 the pedigree. He was undoubtedly a very fine horse, and is 

 generally said to have been thorough-bred. That he possessed 

 a large admixture of blood is likely true. B'lit I have always 

 doubted his being thorough-bred. His action alone would in- 

 dicate a mixture of blood. General De Lancy is said to have 

 often amused the crowd by having him jump high fences. 



