INTRODUCTION. 



THE author of this little work, a native, and for 

 years a resident of Orange County, and one 

 whose avocation has thrown him much into the 

 society of her horsemen, and consequently enabled 

 him to acquire much valuable information in regard 

 to the breeding of horses in that county, and the 

 history and pedigree of its celebrated animals, in 

 presenting his book to the public, hopes that, in 

 estimating its value, the reliability, novelty, and 

 usefulness of its statements, rather than the number 

 of its pages, will be taken into consideration by the 

 reader. It is probable that no useful animal is more 

 affected by climate and food than the horse ; and 

 while the climate of the County of Orange seems 



