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and his spavins larger. This mare I bred to Doncaster, 

 the horse of my own breeding previously alluded 

 to. The result was a gray mare, fourteen and a 

 half hands high, a perfect bundle of well-balanced 

 bone and nauscle. Her intelligence is marvellous. 

 She knows by sudden instinct what to do ; and, by as 

 sudden an instinct, she does it. Her strength is like 

 that of the little horse Justin Morgan. Her stride 

 is equal to that of a sixteen-hand horse, and as even 

 as machinery; while her step is as firm and rapid as 

 a steam-driven hammer. I have driven many horses 

 in my day, but not one equal to this mare, from her 

 first movement, walking away from the stable, to her 

 bursts of speed on the road, which are tremendous. 

 She endears herself to everybody who rides behind her. 

 Women grow cheerful under her influence ; young 

 men are lost in admiration ; and many an old man, after 

 feeling her invigorating power, has sent me word back 

 from his retirement, that he must have that mare if 

 I should ever part with her. She is not fine drawn 

 in any respect; has not high, sharp withers, nor thin 

 lips, nor small ears, nor a slim neck : but she has a 

 luxuriance of every thing that can give power to a 

 brilliant little mare, who knows that her life means 

 cheerful business, and not dismal and idle play. Her 

 name is " The White Marc ; " and you may be sure she 

 will never disgrace it. 



This mare I bred five seasons to a young stallion, also 

 sired by Doncaster out of a long, low, strong, rapid 



