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ring of white above the coronet of her left hind foot ; on her 

 right quarter she is marked with three dark spots, like Plenipo, 

 and other " terribly high-bred cattle." She is about 15 J hands 

 high under the standard, rising high on the withers, with a 

 light head and neck, faultless legs, an oblique, well-shaped 

 shoulder, and a roomy, deep, and capacious chest. She has 

 good length of barrel, which is well ribbed out, and her loins 

 are well arched and supported by strong fillets. Though finely 

 put up forehanded, her great excellence consists in the muscular 

 developments of her quarters, thighs, and gaskins. As in the 

 greyhound and the hare, the seat of the propelling power in the 

 horse, which enables him to move with a great degree of 

 velocity, is centred in his hind quarters ; necessarily in propor- 

 tion to their strength there, will be the impulse which impels 

 the whole mass forward. 



Fashion has been trained for all her engagements by Mr. 

 Samuel Laird, of Colt's Neck, N. J., and ridden by his son 

 Joseph, the best jockey at the North. Mr. Gibbons, her owner, 

 having been unfortunate with his former trainer — who nearly 

 ruined Mariner in breaking him — and who is opposed to the 

 general plan of training colts at 2 yrs. old, resolved that Fashion 

 should not be taken up until her form had attained a greater 

 degree of maturity ; consequently she was not brought out until 

 the Fall of her 3 yr. old year. Fashion goes with a long rating 

 stroke, gathers well, and moves with the utmost ease to herself ; 

 what is rather singular, she runs with a loose rein ; she is 

 true as steel, has a remarkable turn of speed, can be placed any 

 where, and nothing can be finer than her disposition ; a more 

 bloodlike, honest mare, was never brought to the post. Being 

 in a public training stable, with Clarion and Mariner, her half- 

 brother, both of them winners at three and four-mile heats, 

 Fashion has been compelled to " take her turn " in running 

 for " the big things," else the amount of her winnings might 

 have been increased as well as the number of 



HER PERFORMANCES. 

 1S40. 



Oct. 21. Camden, N. J Sweepstake Two-mile heats won $800 



Beating Amelia Priestman In the mud ; two paid forfeit. 



Oct. 27. Trenton, N. J Sweepstake Two-mile heats won 1,100 



Beating Fleetfoot and Nannie ; two paid forfeit. 



