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brood-mares and youngsters to roam 

 over, and during the severe winters they 

 are as well able to protect their stock 

 from the inclemency of the weather as 

 we are. They have, with few exceptions, 

 descended from the same horse-loving 

 families as we English, who, in the days 

 of the Stuarts, did all in their power to 

 create the fastest galloper. Whilst our 

 brothers on the other side of the Atlantic America has 



manufactured 



have succeeded in manufacturino- the *^® fastest 



" trotters m 



most celebrated trotter in existence, they ^^^^ ^°^'^^" 

 like ourselves have been assisted in creat- 

 ing their breeds of horses by English 

 thorough-breds ; but they have amalga- 

 mated them with native and cross-bred 

 stock, and at this day think that more 

 general success is to be anticipated " by 

 stickino' to trottino^ lines, or takino- tho- 



