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3 minutes considerably. His colts are very fine and uniform in 

 their appearance ; lie bids fair to be ]^o. 1 of tliis State, if not of 

 the nation. The next importation of Mr. Fisk, was Vermont 

 Hero, half-brother to the above-mentioned horse, the sire being 

 the same ; a larger horse, and perhaps as fast — but this is not 

 known, they never having been tried together — every way well 

 formed, but does not show quite so much style forward. The 

 third importation of Mr. Fisk appears to be his favorite. He is 

 called Black Prince, got by Old Black Hawk, and a fast trotter ; 

 a little smaller, but very handsome. Dr. Hayes notes a black 

 horse of his that is a good horse ; took second premium at our 

 State fair, and bids fair to be a valuable stock horse. William 

 Johnston, of Marshall, also has a good trotting horse, called 

 " Black Tiger," of some Morgan bl ood. I perhaps have said 

 more in this confused manner, than can be well understood. I 

 will now speak of some of the horsemen in this State, and their 

 success. Eben Adams, of Adrian, perhaps, stands first as a 

 hoi'se-dealer, to make it pay. He matches horses, trains trot- 

 ters, and sells at high prices, as his letter will show, herewith 

 enclosed. H. R. Andrews, of Detroit, has good blood stock, 

 and is a good judge of horses generally. Di-. Jeffries also is a 

 good judge. Dr. Hayes, of Marshall, is one of the best trainers 

 of trotting horses, to get them ready for market. F. Y. Smith, 

 of Cold water, has a peculiar faculty to see an animal, and for his 

 practice is a first-rate horseman. My friend, J. Starkweather, 

 of Ypsilanti, is a good horseman, trains horses, and sells at high 

 prices. There are many more in the State, too many, indeed, to 

 mention, of the same capacity. There are but few farmers that 

 have made it much of a business to raise horses, and as a gene- 

 ral thing we have bought more than we have sold ; but the time 

 has now come when great attention will be given to raising fine 

 trotting horses. Michigan feels capable of producing as good 

 horses as Yei-mont, by breeding from the Black Hawks and 

 Morgans. Tlie thoroughbred turf-horse is esteemed very highly 

 by some, and I am one amongst the number ; but I think to 

 cross them with the Black Hawk stock will produce the best 

 trotters. I have been a breeder of blood horses myself, perhaps 

 more extensively than any one in the State, having numbered 

 as high as 48 at one time ; am now reduced down to 12, and in- 



