56 THE HORSK. 



if not all its best qualities may be retained, or even improved, 

 by judicious breeding, I in no wise dispute or doubt, 



I now come to the second, and, in fact, the only other, now 

 existing, distinct type of horse known in the United States as a 

 breed ; I mean the Conestoga draught-horse of Pennsylvania — the 

 Canadian, when found with us, is, to all intents and purposes, a 

 foreigner ; and is rarely, if ever, bred on this side of the line, 

 like sire to like dam. 



