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GENESEE FARMER. 



May. 



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THE NORMAN HORSE "LOUIS PHILIPPE.' 



The above portrait is a good representation of 

 the Norman Horse "Louis Pliilippe," recently 

 purchased by Mr. R. B. Howland, of Union 

 Springs, Cayuga county, N. Y. His color is 

 dapple gray; he is four years old past, and about 

 fifteen hands high. 



In a letter recently written us, Mr. Howland 

 says: — "Having purchased the full-blood Nor- 

 man Diligence Stallion "Louis Philippe," I send 

 you a notice of his whereabouts, that you may 

 spread the information if you think proper. I 

 was led to the purchase of this horse from the 

 knowledge acquired of them during a tour of 

 several months on the continent of Europe. — 

 From their unsurpassed activity, strength and 

 hardihood, I was convinced they would be a great 

 improvement on our native mongrel stock, which 

 are generally very poorly adapted to draught, and 

 inferior to the Norman when put on the road. 

 The Diligence horse is also remarkably easy to 

 break, and kind and courageous under all circum- 

 stances. This horse ("Louis Philippe,") was 

 foaled on the 15th of July, 1843, from full-blooded 

 sire and dam. The parents were imported in 

 1839, by Edward Harris, of Moorestown, N, 

 J., a gentleman justly celebrated for his enlight- 

 ened and disinterested eflforts, and very liberal 

 expenditures in the cause of agriculture and 



science. The stock seems improved by the 

 transfer across the Atlantic." 



This is the first Norman horse owned in this 

 State, we believe — and we congratulate the farm- 

 ers of Cayuga, and vicinity, on so valuable an 

 acquisition. 



Perhaps, we cannot better close this brief and 

 necessarily incomplete notice, than by giving the 

 subjoined extract from the Report of the Com- 

 mittee on Foreign Stock, at the State Fair held 

 at Albany, in 1842. The Committee, (Messsrs. 

 Henry S. Randall, Francis Rotch, and Geo. J. 

 Pumpelly,) alluding to the sire of "Louis Phil- 

 lippe," remark : — 



" They have had the pleasure of examining a 

 grey four year old Norman stallion, presented 

 by Mr. Edward Harris of Moorestown, New Jer- 

 sey, and imported by that gentleman from France. 

 This horse belongs to the breed used for the dili- 

 gence or stage coach in France, and although 

 not decidedly fleet, they are remarkable for their 

 bottom and endurance. It may, indeed, be well 

 doubted whetlier any other variety of horses 

 would drag those cumbrous vehicles so great dis- 

 tances in a given times Like their descendents, 

 the Canadian horses, they are easily kept, will 

 feed on the coarsest materials, and are remarka- 

 ble for their freedom from disease, and their iron 



