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new business, he could not make it pay : and, being a 

 man of small means, he was compelled to ' sacrifice his 

 horse,' as he terms it, * for the insignificant sum of 

 four hundred dollars ; ' and sold him to Peter Burbank, 

 Esq., of Newbury, Vt. Mr. Burbank was a lawyer, 

 and not a farmer or breeder ; but he was fond of horses, 

 and had a discriminating eye for their good points; and 

 having seen the Woodbury at Keene, N.H., he (in his 

 own words) ' fell in love with him at first sight.' 

 Fearing to trust to his own judgment alone, he con- 

 sulted Jesse Johnson of Bradford, Yt., — a gentleman 

 who not only possesses- excellent taste as to the proper 

 style and general figure of a fine horse, but has also 

 that close, critical eye that seems almost at a glance to 

 take in all the minute defects of form that a more care- 

 less observer might fiiil to discover. Mr. Johnson did 

 not fail to perceive the extraordinary merits of the 

 horse, and advised Mr. Burbank to purchase him ; which 

 he did the 20th of May, 1830. From this time until 

 1836 he was taken charge of by Jesse Johnson and 

 Brothers, and kept at their place in Bradford, Yt., 

 during the winter and latter part of the summer and 

 autumn of each year, and one or two years during all 

 the seasons. During the years 1830 and 1831, he re- 

 mained at their stable at Bradford. The season of 



1832 he was kept at Keene, N.H. ; the season of 



1833 he was kept at Burlington, Yt. ; and the seasons 

 of 1835 and 1836 he was kept at Bradford and 

 vicinity. In September, 1836, Mr. Burbank having 



