134 HORSE PORTRAITURE. 



pose those looked for to make the finest of carriage 

 horses would do to have their quarters assigned them in 

 the boxes vacated by the brood mares. 



PUPIL. It is very true that the room in the training- 

 stable is only intended for those we hope to dignify with 

 the name of trotters. The proportion can only be found 

 as the man was going to discover the race horse, by 

 " sarching." 



I am glad that you have placed yourself in a position 

 at the outset to admit that there is a likelihood of once 

 in a while getting a trotter from the source I have such 

 great expectations from, as I havs found plenty of men 

 who were so bitterly jealous of the praises awarded the 

 thoroughbred, that they could not bring themselves to 

 acknowledge there was any good in them ; f ooli shly think- 

 ing the merit admitted would detract from the fame of 

 other breeds in which they had some interest. 



The prices that are now paid for stylish, good-sized car- 

 riage horses would warrant the outlay I have contemplated 

 in the purchase, stock, and fitting-up of this breeding 

 farm, even if we never produced a fast trotter. I look to 

 these, as a means to compensate us, as much as to those 

 with the more attractive quality of speed; there being a 

 good deal less outlay in fitting carriage-horses for market. 

 I have not time for the disquisition now, and will also 

 have to put off building the track, as I have already taken 

 up the allotted time. 



