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LETTER FP.OM MR. HARRIS. 



'etter from Edward Harris, Esq., of Moorestowii, Burlington Co., 

 "STew Jersey, who introduced this breed into the United States. 



LOUIS PHILLIPB.* 



Moorestown, April 6, 1850. 



My dear Sir: — Tour kind favor of the last of March has been duly 

 received. I regret that, in consequence of the decease of a near relative, 

 it has been out of my power to prepare my answer as soon as you desired. 



I thank you, my dear sir, for the order you have suggested to be observed 

 in my communication. You will soon perceive that I am by no means a 

 practised writer, therefore your suggestions are the more acceptable in 

 aiding me to draw up my " plain, unvarnished tale." 



These horses first came under my observation on a journey through 

 France ii\ the year 1831. I was struck with the immense power displayed 

 by th-^m in drawing the heavy diligences of that country, at a pace which, 

 although not as rapid a=! the stage-coach travelling of England, yet such a 

 pace, say from five to nine miles per hour, the lowest rate of which I do 

 not hesitate to say, would, in a short time, kill the English horse if placed 

 before the same load. \x\ confirmation of this opinion I will give you an 

 extract ^roai an article on the Norman horse in the British Quarterly Jour- 

 nal of Agriculture, which I quoted in my communication to the Farmer's 

 Cabinet of Philadelpliia, in 1842, as follows: — 



* Bred by Edward Harris, Esq., of Moorestown, New Jersey (in 1843), 

 from liis pure imported Norman stock. (See Mr. Harris's letter which 

 follows.) Loui.s Phillipe is an excellent characteristic specimen of the 

 Norman horse, is a dapple gray, fifteen hands one and one half inches high 

 and weighs twelve huuihed pounds, in good condition. He is owned by R 

 B. Howland, E.-q., of Union Springs, Cayuga Couniy, N. Y. 



