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crossed with tlie fleet mare of Egypt, in the same age that wit- 

 nessed the crossing of Richard's two-handed sword, with the 

 Damascus blade of Saladin, and the result has been " Belfoun- 

 der," "American Eclipse," " Black Morgan," " Lady Suffolk," and 

 " Taconey." Culley's description of a fine agricultural horse, 

 has never been improved upon. 



"His head should be as small as the proportion of the 

 animal will admit; his nostrils expanded, and muzzle fine; his 

 eyes cheerful and prominent; ears small, upright, and near 

 together ; his neck joined gracefully to the head ; his shoulders 

 well thrown back ; arm muscular and tapering from the shoul- 

 der to meet a fine, straight, sinewy, and bony leg ; hoof circu- 

 lar and wide at the heel; chest deep and full at the girth; 

 loins broad and straight, and the body round ; quarters long, 

 and tail set nearly in the same line with the back; legs clear 

 and fine-boned, and leg-bones lathy or flat." 



The exhibition of the present year, in spite of the great 

 inclemency of the weather, compared favorably with any for- 

 mer exhibition, especially in farm and single horses. 



Charles Hudson, Chairman. 



PLYMOUTH. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



The committee would beg leave to make a few remarks on 

 the subject of rearing colts. During the first summer, the foals 

 may be allowed to run with their dams until four months old. 

 They should then be weaned and kept in yards containing 

 open sheds, with racks and mangers for receiving their food, 

 which ought to be the sweetest high ground hay that can be 

 procured. Bran or oats may be given, but not to exceed one 

 quart a day. It is a common practice, on weaning colts, to 

 put them into warm stables on plank floors (which is very 

 likely to cause ringbone) during the following winter, from a 

 notion that they are not, at that early age, able to support the 

 cold of an open shed. This idea is unquestionably wrong. 

 From the nature of their future employment, they must neces- 

 sarily be exposed to every vicissitude of weather, and cannot 

 be too early inured to a certain degree of hardship. Dry 



