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improving the native breeds, and to this end these noble horses 

 arc eminently suited." In England, a grade thorongh-brcd of 

 half or three-quarters blood is used as a lumter, the latter horse 

 not forming a distinct breed, but only a mixture of the thorough- 

 bred with a horse of less blood. In Massachusetts, the thor- 

 ough-bred of the last century laid the foundation of one of our 

 invaluable varieties of horses, the Morgan, as I think it must be 

 regarded as well settled, that the original old " Justin Morgan," 

 was sired by a horse either pure thorough-bred, or possessing a 

 large share of blood. But as the thorough-bred of the last cen- 

 tury was a very different animal from that of the present time, 

 being, in general, much more compact, no very reliable conclu- 

 gion can be drawn from that cross, as to the result of the cross 

 of the thorough-bred horse now upon our excellent New England 

 roadsters. Those who maybe desirous of trying the experiment 

 have ample opportunity of doing so. 



In judging upon horses entered in this division, the pedigree 

 is, of course, the most essential point, as without a satisfactory 

 pedigree running back unbroken, on the side both of the sire 

 and dam, to the blood of the barb, the Turk or the Arab, no 

 horse can be proved to be thorough-bred, and therefore entitled 

 to compete. Of the animals entered as thorough-breds, the 

 pedigrees of only two, those of" Balrownie," and of " Sultan," 

 have been placed in my hands. 



The stallion " Balrownie" washy " Annandale " out of " Queen 

 Mary." " Annandale " was by " Touchstone," (winner of the 

 St. Leger, 1834,) out of " Rebecca," (dam of " Alice Haw- 

 thorn," one of the best marcs ever on the English turf,) by 

 " Lottery," dam by "Cervantes" out of "Anticipation," by 

 " Beningborough," (winner of the St. Leger, 1794,) by " King 

 Fergus," by " Eclipse," and " Eclipse " directly descended from 

 the Darley Arabian, besides uniting in himself on the side of 

 the dam the very best blood of the turf. Eclipse never met an 

 opponent fleet enough to put his full power to the proof, for it 

 was said that the fleetest could not keep by his side fifty yards 

 together. 



" Queen Mary," the dam of " Balrownie," (also dam of 



"Blink Bonny," winner of the Derby and Oaks, 1857,) by 



" Gladiator," dam by " Plenipotentiary," (one of the finest 



horses on the modern turf, winner of the Derby in 1834,) out 



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