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be from the Justin Morgan. Sherman Morgan is fifteen hands 

 high, weighs about 1,050 Ibs., is dark chestnut, and very much 

 resembles his sire Sherman, but heavier, stockier, and not as 

 much action. A fine horse, and is now kept in the stable at 

 Lancaster, N. H., where the Sherman died. He is owned by 

 A. J. Congdon. 



4. The Canadian Horse. This horse abounds in the Cana- 

 dian Provinces and in the Northern States of the Union, and is 

 too well known to require a particular description. It is mainly 

 of Norman-French descent. It is a hardy, long-lived animal, 

 is easily kept, and very useful on a farm, although generally too 

 small for heavy work. A cross between stallions of this breed 

 and our common mares produces a superior horse, and such 

 crosses are finding favor among farmers. 



5. The Norman Horse. The French or Norman horse, from 

 which the Canadian is descended, is destined to take a more 

 prominent place than has hitherto been assigned to it among 

 our working horses. We introduce an engraving of one of this 

 breed, called Louis Philippe, which was bred by Edward 

 Harris, of Moorestown N. J., by whom the breed was imported 

 from France. 



The Norman horse is from the Spanish, of Arabian ancestry, 

 and crossed upon the draught horses of Normandy. Mr. 

 Harris had admired the speed, toughness, and endurance of the 

 French stage-coach horses, and resolved to import this valuable 

 stock, and deserves the thanks of the American public for his 

 perseverance and sacrifices in this enterprise. The Norman 

 horses are enduring and energetic beyond description, and keep 

 their condition on hard fare and brutal treatment, when most 

 other breeds would quail and die. This variety of horse is 

 employed in France to draw the ponderous stage-coaches, called 

 "diligences," and travelers express astonishment at the extra- 

 ordinary performances of these animals. Each of these huge 

 vehicles is designed for eighteen passengers, and when thus 

 loaded are equal to five tons weight. Five horses are attached 

 to the clumsy and cumbrous carriage, with rude harness, and 



