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that 181 hackney stallions were sold in England for 

 exportation to the United States in the years 1888 to 

 1890 inclusive, a majority of which were taken west 

 of the Ohio river. At the present time, there are 

 many breeders of the hackney of wide reputation. No 

 pains have been spared to select the best animals of 

 England for importation. Too often the importations 

 from Europe of some classes of animals have not 

 been up to the highest standards of their respective 

 breed. Fortunate it is that so many superior and so 

 few inferior stallions of this breed have been brought 

 to the United States. The standard was set high at 

 first by wealthy and distinguished horse breeders, and 

 it has been rigidly maintained. The beneficial results 

 of this policy are evident, for one seldom sees a hack- 

 ney full-blood or half-blood that is "weedy" or 

 undesirable. 



