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safety and confidence, and next see him at a military re- 

 view, mounted by the commander-in-chief, and displaying 

 all the fire and pride imaginable, and, after the lapse of 

 nearly fifty years, witnessing the same remarkable traits 

 in many of his descendants, we are constrained to admit 

 that blood is, indeed, of no small importance in the busi- 

 ness of horse-breeding. It should be well understood, 

 that, throughout the long life of the Justin Morgan, as 

 well as that of his immediate offspring, want of size 

 was the universal objection. No man of ordinary judg- 

 ment could fail to discover his peculiar points of excel- 

 lence ; his oblique shoulders, high crest, fine ear, 

 prominent and sagacious eye, perfect head, large and 

 expanded nostrils, strong loins, long hip, deep and 

 well-spread chest, high withers, short pasterns, strong 

 and sinewy limbs, with all the important muscles, far sur- 

 passing in size those of any other horse . of his weight 

 ever seen in America. The fact that this horse has con- 

 tributed more than any other animal ever did to the 

 wealth of the United States, no honest man will deny ; 

 but strange to say, in the face of all this, the cry is still 

 heard, 'Too small, too small!'' This reminds us of the 

 man who sold his hen because she Avas too small althouo-h 

 she daily laid eggs of gold. We rejoice, however, that 

 we live in a day when intelligent men cannot so easily 

 be made the dupes of interested parties. The farming 

 community are thinking and acting with more care and 

 attention than formerly. They are disposed to profit by 

 past experience. They are more close observers of 



