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and of Lexington, are taken from engravings, with the consent 

 of their owners, Messrs. Richards, of the Spirit of the Times ; 

 Mr. Currier, of I^ew York, and Mr. Ackerman, of London. 

 That of Fashion, with her foal, is from an ambrotype, for which 

 I am indebted to the courtesy of Mr. Reber, her present owner, 

 there not existing any satisfactory portrait of her in oils. A new 

 feature of this first volume, is ten complete genealogical tables, 

 tracing back their blood to the most remote sources, of seven of 

 the most celebrated English horses to which our American stock 

 are chiefly referable, and of three, the champions of the Ameri- 

 can Turf. 



The Second Volume, perhaps, of broader interest, will be 

 found to contain accounts of the general horse stock of America ; 

 the horse stock of the various States ; the various distinct 

 families, as the Conestoga; the Canadian; the ISTarragansett 

 pacer ; the Yermont drayght-horse ; the Lidian pony ; a disser- 

 tation on the Morgan horse ; on the trotting horse ; a compen- 

 dious history of the trotting turf from its commencement, in the 

 year 1818, to the close of the year 1856, with memoirs, pedi- 

 grees, descriptions and performances of the most distinguished 

 animals ; lists of famous trotters ; time tables ; essays on breed- 

 ing ; breaking ; horsemanship ; field, stable, and road manage- 

 ment ; on stabling, with views, plans, and estimates ; on shoe- 

 ing ; and on the diseases of the horse — the volume concluding 

 with the rules of the leading Jockey Clubs and trotting courses 

 of the United States. 



In the literary portion of this volume 1 have been aided by 

 contributions from Mr. S. D. Harris, of the Ohio Cultivator ; of 

 Mr. Joshua Clements, of Dayton, Ohio ; Mr. John Strohm, of 

 Lancaster Co., Ohio ; Mr. A. Y. Moore, of Schoolcraft ; Mr. 

 W. G. H. Pelton, of Grand Eapids ; Mr. E. Adams, of Adrian ; 

 Mr. Chas. A. Jeffr-ies, of Dexter ; a correspondent, whose name 

 is unfortunately lost, from Ypsilanti, Michigan ; and from Mr. 



