114 GUN, ROD, AND SADDLE. 



and all except one who shall be nameless, are not only 

 fast, but enduring horses. 



In conclusion, whether the American thorough-bred 

 is as fast as ours would be difficult to decide ; but 

 that he is a most lasting, enduring, game horse, I can 

 assert, a proof that the Americans have nat forgotten, 

 in the universal mania of the age for fastness, the 

 desideratum endurance — the sine qud non for utility. 



