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outh stud, to take u\) the fight and «ho\v, a.s he has done at 

 the last two New York shows, Boston and Newport, that 

 there was good in the English hackney when he was properly 

 handled, and the right type purchased from the other side. 

 Mr. Jordan, instead of sending agents, went over himself 

 and i)crsonally inspected the many studs, and visited a large 

 number of the attractive horse shows at the old country 

 j)laces and shire towns in England. Whereas he shows 

 yearly in the breeding classes, his greatest pleasure is in win- 

 ning in the harness classes, and in this he was most successful 

 this year at the New York show. At the last Grafton Coun- 

 try Club horse show we were fortunate enough to have Mr. 

 Jordan exhibit a number of his hackneys, and they made a 

 most favorable impression among the farmers. 



Mr. Jordan does not take the position that the hackney as 

 a heavy harness horse is far ahead of the type of the Ameri- 

 can heavy harness horse ; but he does take the position, and 

 rightfully, that the American heavy harness horse is not of a 

 type as yet ; he is apt to be light-bodied, rangy looking, 

 and moreover light boned, so much so that it is invariably 

 necessary to go to the stallion to get the proper type of 

 harness horse. In fact, of late years I hardly remember a 

 mare that has been successful in carriage classes. 



In "Gentleman John," champion hackney stallion of 

 England and America, Mr. Jordan has a wonderful stock 

 horse, and he is not only large in size, but of good color, 

 temper, and good conformation and bone. 



If the hackneys who were founded thirty or forty years 

 ago are now of a type so that like begets like, it is not at 

 all impossible to suppose that hackneys crossed on trotting 

 mares will give them the additional bone and substance 

 which they so much need. 



In " Knight Errant," by " Lord Denby 2d," Mr. Jordan 

 has produced a good type ; he is a four-year-old bay geld- 

 ing, standing IB hands ; his dam was " Lady Leonard," 

 a standard-bred mare by " Jay Bird." 



Another point Avhich was clearly carried in mind by those 

 who desired to produce a successful harness horse type is 

 the fact that they must have w^ell-turned quarters, the tail 



