34 avery's own farrier. 



victory then was very great; i( extenrled from the victor 

 to his country, which was proud to own him. So much 

 then for the Olympic games, &c. 



For me to undertake to trace the pedigree of any of 

 our valuable horses at this day, back to the original stock 

 of imported horses, viz: the Eclipse, the Barb, the Fly- 

 ing Childers, the Derby or Wellesley i\iabian,"the Snap, 

 Sampson, the Race horse, the Hunter, &c , with a host 

 of others, is more than useless. 



Although we have the Morgans, the Black Hawks, 

 and some fine importations in this country, we may well 

 challenge all other nations of the earth for a good breed 

 of horses. Proper for all uses, we have them from eight 

 to eighteen hands high, and some as heavy as any in the 

 world. Some are calculated for draft, or drudgery, and 

 some for swiftness; we have them suitable for all the 

 various wants we may require of them. We have almost 

 an endless variety of breeds. The earliest history, how- 

 ever, of the horse, gives us an account of but very few ; and 

 I am not certain but they were all derived from one — that 

 is, the ass or zebra, for we have their record first. An- 

 cient writers recognize three or four distinct varieties of 

 the ass, viz: Paru, Chamor, Aton and Orud (see Natural 

 History of the Bible, by Thaddeus Mason Harris, by Wells 

 & Lilly, Boston). 



We learn also from history that all the dififerent varie- 

 ties of the apple we have at this day — and which af- 

 fords one of the greatest luxuries to mankind — were all 

 derived from one parent stock, viz: the little crab apple 

 (as it is called), of which there is very little use made 



