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varied climates and soil, with everywhere abundant and excellent water, 

 are most favorable to the raising of all kinds of stock for export. 



The producing of specialties in the horse is demanded by our uses, 

 as well as required for general purposes. 



The demand for coach-horses increases as our city people multiply 

 and wealth increases. A high form of coach-horse is in constant de- 

 mand, but exceedingly difficult to find. Such a horse is always a first- 

 class farm-horse, and can be a first-class road-horse, profitable to every 

 farmer to breed and to raise. 



Our territory is so great, and our commercial interests so scattered 

 and extended, that the road-horse becomes an important feature, so 

 connected with commercial and agricultural pursuits that it should be 

 cultivated. Our great national sport is the trotting-race, which in Eng- 

 land is the running-race. The race- or running-horse is good for the 

 one purpose of running races. The trotting-horse can be used for 

 every purpose except running races ; hence to me it seems proper it 

 should become our national horse, to come under the intelligent head 

 of blood and breeding with instinctive trot. 



A positive thoroughbred trotting-bred horse is a possibility ; and 

 the independent nature of the American people is such I feel they 

 should take a national pride in creating a national horse, independent 

 of any other nation. The Arabian horse, as we know, is the founda- 

 tion upon which England established her race-horse, Russia her trotting- 

 horse, and France her draught-horse. 



We have proven that from the Arabian we can get the highest rates 

 of trotting speed. We know that its blood and instinct are more pli- 

 able to man's demands, for moulding into different families, than are 

 either of the European types cited. We know that our so-called 

 trotting-horse is not a positive reproducer of that ability. We know 

 that each exceptional case of high trotting speed traces to the Arab 

 not far away ; we know that the reunion, or bringing together of bloods 

 akin, of close affinity, gives the strongest results. 



Thus, when the blood of Henry Clay (which was but a third remove 

 from the Arab) is bred to itself, increased speed is a certain result, and 

 when reinforced with fresh Arabian blood, a higher type is the result, 

 with the trotting instinct intensified. 



The law in animal life as relates to breeding of positive types is 

 once away from a primitive blood, then three times back to it through 

 different channels. 



As I have said, the horse Henry Clay was but a third remove from 



