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isliing cndurince and success, let us avoid the great risk 

 wliicli Bryant needlessly incurred of prematurely using up 

 one of the best animals that ever took hold of a trotting- 

 bit. And here, too, it is also to be borne in mind, that the 

 breeding of the mare must have been such as to produce an 

 enormous amount of stamina, and capability to resist wear 

 and tear in every sense. What, then, was that breeding? 

 The answer is simply, that she was at least three-fourths 

 thoroughbred, and was also bred in-and-in, her sire and the 

 sire of her dam having both been got by imported Messen- 

 ger. Let not these things be lost sight of as I continue 

 her history. 



