306 NAYIX ox THE HOESE. 



endurance. They are large, compact, and muscular, and -in 

 higlit about six4:een hands. 



FLEMISH AND DANISH HORSES 



Have mingled their blood with the other stocks of this coun- 

 try. Their descendants are chiefly found in Pennsylvania and 

 Ohio, and the North-western States, which have partially de- 

 rived their stock from the former. They are large and heavy. 



THE ENGLISH THOROUGH-BRED. 



No blood is so extensively mingled with the other stocks of 

 this country as the English thorough-bred. Some of the best 

 of the stock have been imported into this country, not so much 

 for racing purposes as for breeding. They have vastly im- 

 proved the common stock of the country. The racing stock is 

 preserved in its purity in the Southern States. ^Many very 

 fine specimens of thorough-bred horses are found in those 

 States, and their performances compare favorably with their 

 imore favored kindred across the water. Nearly all the horses 

 >raised there have a considerable admixture of the racing stock. 



Messenger was imported into New York by Mr. Benger. 

 Though he had taken the King's plate, in England, he was 

 kept in this country for breeding. His stock were celebrated 

 as roadsters, rather than racers. He stood most of his time 

 in various parts of New York. He was the sire of some justly 

 •celebrated horses, as Hamiltonian and others. His influence 

 ■on the stock of the State of New York and adjoining States 

 was very beneficial. 



The Hamiltonians, the Bellfounders, the Henrys, were de- 

 ;scended from imported horses. They were kept in different 

 parts of the country. In almost every part of our country 

 may be found horses with a decided admixture of racing stock. 

 But the pure thorough-bred is seldom found in the Northern 

 •'States. 



