20 The Horse Farrier. 



possessing extra value, on account of their speed, are 

 not included in this statement. 



The editor of the Albany Cultivator, Louisville 

 Journal, Farmer's Encyclopedia, Maine Farmer, N". Y. 

 Herald, R. L. Allen, of New York, various Committees 

 at Agricultural Fairs, and many others, consisting of 

 men of eminence, and supposed to be good judges of 

 horses, have spoken in the highest terms of the Mor- 

 gan breed. But it is no more than just to say there 

 are some, and, perhaps many, who do not place the 

 value and esteem as highly as expressed in the forego- 

 ing sketch. " Black Hawk Hero," (a portrait of which 

 is given in the front of this book, is a fine specimen of 

 this breed,) the property of Mr. Thomas Gould, of Au- 

 rora, Cayuga Co., 1ST. Y. He was awarded the first 

 premium as a foreign two year old stallion, at the New 

 York State Fair in 1853, also a premium in 1855. 



THE RACE-HORSE. 



Mr. Youatt says : " There is much dispute with re- 

 gard to the origin of the thorough-bred horse. By some 

 he is traced through both sire and dam to Eastern pa- 

 rentage ; others believe him to be the native horse, im- 

 proved and perfected by judicious crossing with the 

 Barb, the Turk, or the Arabian." But it cannot admit 

 of a doubt, that the English trained horse is more 

 beautiful, and far swifter than the justly famed horso 

 of the desert. He has invariably beaten every antag- 

 onist on his native soil. The racer is generally distin- 

 guished by his beautiful Arabian head ; his fine and 

 finely-set-on-neck; his oblique, lengthened shoulders; 

 well-bent hinder legs ; his ample, muscular quarters ; 



