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broken to harness or the plough, and the fisherman into 

 whose hands it was supposed he had fallen, vexed by his 

 proud spirit, which could brook no such humiliating labour 

 as was required of him, turned him out in disgust rather 

 than be at the trouble and expense of feeding him.' 



I have heard it claimed by some Long Island natives 

 that the Abdallah who died thus was Abdallah only in 

 name, and not in blood, although he was supposed to 

 be the sire of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, whose dam was a 

 Conestoga draught-mare. This horse, Abdallah, it is said, 

 could neither trot nor run, was lazy and vicious, and the 

 fisherman's patience coming to an end, he turned him out 

 to find a living for himself. 



' The identity of this horse has never been fully estab- 

 lished, but it is plain to be seen that any creature turned 

 out on the barren sands of the Long Island coast would 

 have little chance to find a living, and must inevitably die 

 from lack of both food and water.' 



