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A TREATISE ON HORSE-BREEDING. 



To illustrate this point I give the following 

 list of celebrated running and trotting Horses, 

 among the most distinguished, either as sires 

 or performers, that have ever been produced in 

 America, with the age of sire and dam. The 

 age of the sire is given at the time of copula- 

 tion, and that of the dam at birth of foal. The 

 list is taken at random from names that sug- 

 gested themselves to me on account of their 

 reputation as sires or performers, and without 

 reference to what the figures might show: 



