THE AMERICAN HORSE. 



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for there is reason to believe that, as a distinct variety, with 

 natural powers of pacing, they are extinct ; and their origin 

 is, in some degree, uncertain. The other families clearly owe 

 their merits to a remote infusion of thorough-blood, perhaps 

 amounting to one-fourth, or one-third part, some three or four 

 generations back. 



The original Canadians were, doubtless, of pure Norman 

 and Breton descent; but, since the Canadas 

 have been under British rule, they also 



THE CANADIAN. 



have been largely mixed with, and much improved by, the intro- 

 duction of a pure blood ; so that the animals which in late 

 years pass here under the name of Canadians, such as Moscow, 

 Lady Moscow, and many others of that name, are Canadians 

 only in name, differing from other American roadsters simply 

 lu the fact that they have, for the most part, only two crosses. 



