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flesh. This trait in man or beast indicates a nervous temperament of 

 the most serene and quiet order; yet some of these same kind can be 

 roused to the highest point of determination and energy when the 

 occasion demands its exhibition or presence. This is one of the finest 

 traits in this horse, and he possesses it in a degree that marks him as 

 pre-eminent. 



Take him all in all, he is a horse whose physical conformation, ner- 

 vous organism, kindness of temper and gentle demeanor, in stable or 

 harness, go hand-in-hand with his remarkable precocity as a trotter; 

 and all combine to teach us the summing up of the many important 

 truths so imperfectly sketched and faintly foreshadowed in the fore- 

 going chapters. And as I have been just and faithful, both to the 

 animals, their owners, and my readers, I can not more fitly close this 

 chapter than by expressing the belief that, in the light of all my 

 experience and study, and a knowledge of the trotting stallions of 

 this country, not circvxmscribed by narrow limits, he is one of the best 

 trotters and most valuable trotting stallions this country has yet pro- 

 duced. That he will be a universal success can not be assured of 

 any; but if he is not successful, it will surely be from the lack of 

 proper selection of the mares with which he shall be mated. 



