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in front. His legs were short, close jointed, thin, 

 but very wide, hard, and free from meat, with 

 muscles that were remarkably large for a horse 

 of his size, and this superabundance of muscle 

 exhibited itself at every step. His hair was short, 

 and at almost all seasons soft and glossy. He had 

 a little long hair about the fetlocks, and for two or 

 three inches above the fetlock on the back side 

 of the legs; the rest of the limbs was entirely 

 free from it. His feet were small but well 

 shaped, and he was in every respect perfectly 

 sound and free from any sort of blemish. He 

 was a very fast walker. In trotting his gait was 

 low and smooth, and his step short and nervous ; 

 he was not what in these days would be called 

 fast, and we think it doubtful if he could trot a 

 mile much within four minutes, though it is 

 claimed by many that he could trot it in three. 

 " Although he raised his feet but little, he never 

 stumbled. His proud, bold, and fearless style of 

 movement and his vigorous, untiring action 

 have, perhaps, never been surpassed. When a 

 rider was on him, he was obedient to the slight- 

 est motion of the rein, would walk backwards 

 rapidly under a gentle pressure of the bit, ' and 

 moved sideways almost as willingly as he moved 



