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match between the North and South. To a breeder 

 such a pedigree is of the utmost value, because it is a 

 guaranty that the colt out of such a mare will have, to 

 some extent at least, the noble qualities which made his 

 ancestors famous. Now, then, the question comes back 

 to us, "What makes a thorough-bred? " And I say, that, 

 for all practical purposes, a horse which has a certain 

 perfection of form, a certain degree of intelligence, the 

 power to do great deeds when called upon, together 

 with the high courage to attempt and to actually 

 perform them, is a thorough-bred horse. That is 

 my answer to the question ; and I think that it will 

 recommend itself to the common sense of the reader. 

 Observe, then, what are the facts of the case as 

 connected with the trotting-horse. The facts are 

 these : that, beginning with Dutchman, and coming 

 down through Lady Suffolk, Flora Temple, George 

 M. Patchen, Ethan Allen, Dexter, and Goldsmith's 

 Maid, we have had for the last fifty years in this 

 country a race of horses of trotting-action of as fine a 

 spirit, and as great powers of endurance, as any that 

 were ever bred. In perfection of structure, in the 

 symmetrical adjustment of all the parts, in intelligence, 

 — that surest proof and crown of good breeding, — in 

 dauntless resolution that stopped not short of death 

 itself in the hour of supreme performance, these horses, 

 and countless others like to them, were, I claim, second 

 to none that ever delighted the eye and made proud 

 the heart of man. I hold that it is unjust to these 



