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flesh, pronounce him to be so. In America I showed 

 a picture of this animal (if I remember correctly, 

 drawn by Stubbs) to a well-knownjbreeder and pos- 

 sessor of trotting stock, and he assured me that it 

 was a most perfect portrait of the sire of several 

 trotting celebrities, and very like many others he 

 had seen. 



I have further observed that a great number of 

 American horses were addicted to those most un- 

 gainly modes of progression called racking and pa- 

 cing, a gait that is very seldom seen in England, 

 while in Spain and Morocco it is extremely common. 

 In fact, the Spaniards highly approve of it, believing 

 that it shows both horse and rider to the greatest 

 perfection ; nor is the American behind him in this 

 taste, a good pacing hack being deemed by all as 

 the most desirable animal for saddle purposes. Hav- 

 ing shown, I think, conclusively, the similarity in 

 appearance and proclivities between the American 

 and the Barb, and further, how I account for the im- 

 portation of the preponderance of Moorish blood in 

 the Western Continent, I will endeavor to show the 

 difference between the Barb and Arab, how our En- 

 glish stock, with few exceptions, takes after the lat- 

 ter, and that it is from this diiference of parentage we 



