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was sire of the best Virginian horses, while Tally-ho, son of 

 Highflyer, peopled the Jerseys.* 



10. The Wild or Prairie Horse. In the Southwestern 

 States wild horses abound, which are doubtless sprung from 

 the same Spanish stock as the wild horses of the pampas and 

 other parts of the southern continent, all of which are of the 

 celebrated Andalusian breed, derived from the Moorish Barb. 

 The prairie horses are often captured, and when domesticated 

 are found to be capable of great endurance. They are not, 

 however, recommended by the symmetry or elegance of ap- 

 pearance for which their type is so greatly distinguished, 

 being generally rather small and scrubby.t 



11. The American Trotting-Horse. " We can not refrain," 

 H. S. Kandall says, in the Introduction to Youatt on the Horse, 

 already referred to, "from calling attention to our trotting- 

 horses, though in reality they do not, at least as a whole, con- 

 stitute a breed, or even a distinct variety or family. There is 

 a family of superior trotters, including several of the best our 

 country has ever produced, the descendants of Abdallah and 

 Messenger, and running back through their sire Mambrino to 

 the thorough-bred horse, old Messenger. But many of our 

 best trotters have no known pedigrees, and some of them, 

 without doubt, are entirely destitute of the blood of the race- 

 horse. Lady Suffolk is by Engineer, but the blood of Engineer 

 is unknown (she is a gray mare, fifteen hands and two inches 

 high). Dutchman has no known pedigree. Other celebrated 

 trotters stand in the same category though we are inclined to 

 think that a decided majority of the best, especially at long 

 distances, have a greater or less infusion of the blood of the 

 race-horse. 



" The United States has undoubtedly produced more superior 

 trotters than any other country in the world, and in no other 

 country has the speed of the best American trotters been 

 equaled." 



* Farmers' Eegister. t Farmers' Encyclopedia. 



