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weighs 1200 pounds ; color, a beautiful dark brown. 

 He is a very stylish driver, and has been exhibited 

 constantly since his training. 



YOUNG COLUMBUS. 

 This justly celebrated fine mettled horse is nine 

 years old this spring, ( 1867 ) ; stands sixteen hands 

 high ; is of a dark chestnut color, and weighs 1180 

 pounds. I purchased him of Benjamin Cummings, 

 North Brookfield, Mass. I gave him his first train- 

 ing at Bradford, Vermont, as on previous page. He 

 has entirely given up his willful, vicious habits, in- 

 herited from his celebrated sire. Old Columbus, who 

 was a terror to his keepers. His dam, a fast trotting 

 mare sired by old Membrino. For beauty, style and 

 perfect obedience to the requirements of his owner 

 he is unsurpassed. The first and only race he ever 

 trotted was at Barre, Mass. Time, 2 : 25, to harness. 



Oeneral Remake. 



According to the known history of the horse, he 

 has been the friend and servant of man for nearly 

 four thousand years. All classes of people, from the 

 highest rulers and warriors, down to the lowest peas- 

 ants on earth, have shared his friendship and util- 

 ity. The horse has also had its admirers and friends 

 among all classes of men ; even the poor Arab treats 

 him as one of his own family by lodging him in the 

 tent with his wife and children. And yet his educa- 

 tion is only in its infancy. 



His value has been so estimated, from his first sub- 



