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any imputation of sway-back than any of his brothers ; 

 though, towards the close of his life, he indeed fell away 

 in his loins, as is always the case in old stallions. His 

 hips were very good, but not so long as Sherman's ; and 

 he was not so well quartered as Woodbury ; but he was 

 deeper in the chest than either of them. His shoulders 

 were thicker, and not so well placed ; and his head and 

 neck were not so well set up. He was not so proud, 

 bold, and lofty in his carriage, as Woodbury ; and he 

 had not Sherman's short, nervous step, and tractable but 

 high-spirited temper : but he was a sharp, quick driver, 

 and a faster trotter than either of them. He was a 

 little inclined to be cross ; but was not fierce, or in any 

 respect unmanageable : on the contrary, he w^as very 

 kind in harness, always working pleasantly wherever 

 put. His most remarkable characteristic was his power 

 of endurance. For this, we think it is generally admit- 

 ted, he had no rival ; and his extraordinary lastingness 

 has become proverbial where he was known. His stock 

 bear a strong resemblance to him, and are very numer- 

 ous ; are mostly dark bay without marks, never sorrel 

 or light chestnut. Occasionally a dark gray, from a 

 white mare, may be found. Bulrush was about fourteen 

 hands high, and weighed about one thousand pounds. 



"Bulrush, Sherman, and Woodbury were treated 

 very much alike. Until after ten years old, each of 

 them was employed most of the time at the ordinary 

 team-work of a farm ; and at no period of their lives did 

 they have any more care than the common horses of 



