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mention, because I was more conversant with it, 

 not because it was either the largest or most replete 

 with conveniences, — that of Mr. Sanford, in Xew 

 Jersey, about thirty miles from the metropolis. 

 This gentleman had a large number of all ages 

 at work, all his own, for he was not a public trainer, 

 but a person of affluence, loving the horse for his 

 beauty and use, and running them with the hope 

 that if they were entitled to the laurels they would 

 bear them. In close proximity to his stables was 

 his private training-ground, and the buildings were 

 replete with every convenience that ingenuity, art, 

 or money could supply. In looking over his pets, 

 numerous descendants of im}?. Hedgeford, Glencoe, 

 Knight of St. George, &c., were found, all good 

 ones, as some old memories will recall, and closely 

 allied to the American-bred cracks, Lexington, 

 Boston, Kentucky, and Asteroid. One thing that 

 can not fail to strike the English visitors, is the 

 much greater amount of stamina that all appear 

 to possess over our home-bred animal ; and I am 

 inclined to believe that this is not only show. I 

 am aware that an English nobleman, probably the 

 most successful of modern times on the turf, 

 thought the same, and in consequence introduced 



