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I do not wish to have any suppose that I regard the 

 Morgan family of horses as sufficient in itself to meet 

 the wants of the future in respect to breeding. The 

 perfect horse, or rather the family of perfect horses, is 

 yet to appear. That it will appear in due time, I have 

 no doubt ; but it will not appear while ignorance and 

 prejudice, or mere chance of locality, is allowed to dic- 

 tate the selection of dam and horse from which the foal 

 is to spring. So long as a Fearnaught ^an can see 

 nothing valuable in a Knox or a Lambert, or a patron 

 of Hambletonian will not admit that great excellences 

 exist in the Clays, — so long as such arrogant and non- 

 sensical opinions prevail, the perfect horse can never be 

 raised, unless as an accident ; but when the breeders 

 of the country will drop their foolishness and envious 

 fear one of another, and come together as friends, and 

 students of those laws which govern the propagation 

 of animals, and seek to assist, rather than thwart, each 

 other, then will the first step be taken in that path 

 along which the enterprise can walk to its highest suc- 

 cess. For one, I regard myself happy in this, — that I 

 am free from prejudice, devoid of envy, and know no 

 other rivalry than that of generous and candid emu- 

 lation. In my native State, where are my stables, 

 are several stock-horses worthy of public patronage, — 

 Buckingham, Thomas Jefferson, Rysdyk, Mambrino, 

 Ashland. These horses are not enemies, they are allies, 

 of mine. From their get I look to receive my best 

 crosses in the future. The bloods of Bashaw, Hamble- 



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