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in height he is from fourteen to sixteen hands ; in weight sufficiently 

 hi-dvy for this height, with no appearance whatever of coarse bulkiness. 

 Ij", is compactly built, and of great strength ; his action is fine, his 

 endurance unsurpassed, and in spirit he is indomitable — never failing at 

 a pull, if rightly handled — yet patient and trustworthy. As roadsters 

 and horses of all work they are excellent — having no equals, perhaps, in 

 this country. He walks fast, and many horses of this breed have been 

 extraordinary trotters. In harness he is quiet, but nimble, and of eager 

 movement. Bay, chestnut, and black are the prevaihng colors. The 

 mane and tail are rather heavy and coarse, and in general wavy. 



The head is not extremely small, but there is no superfluous muscle or 

 fatty matter about it ; the face is straight, the forehead broad, the ears 

 are small, fine, and set far apart, the nostrils are wide, the lips are close 

 and firm, the muzzle is small, the eyes are not large, but very dark, 

 prominent, set wide apart, and full of animation. The back is short ; tie 

 shoulder-blades and hip-bones are large and oblique, the loins broad and 

 muscular ; the body is long, round, deep, and closely ribbed up ; the chest- 

 bone is prominent, the chest mde and deep, the legs seem rather short 

 for the height, but they are close-jointed, and though thin, they are vciy 

 wide, hard, clean, and yet with powerful muscles ; the feet are small and 

 round ; the hair is short and flossy at almost all seasons ; the fetlocks are 

 moderately long, and there is some long hair up the backs of the legs. 



In some parts of the country the Morgans are the premium horses, and 

 their peculiar adaptability to all the ordinary purposes of the farmer is 

 such that they enjoy a high degree of favor. 



As a breed, they are unusually long-lived, and this constitutes one of 

 their great points of excellence. 



XVI. The Narragansett Pacer. 



This breed, now almost unknown as a distinct one, was remarkable 

 chiefly as being natural pacers, and of such peculiar action as to render 

 them peculiarly easy under the saddle. Though small, they were hardy 

 and full of power, and their docility was such as to render them very 

 pleasant to handle. The stock are said to have been imported into Ncm^ 

 England, from Andalusia, by one Gov. Robinson, and to have been bred 

 chiefly in Rhode Island, where they were long held in great repute. 

 Good saddle horses were in much demand in Cuba, and prior to the time 

 when the Narragansett Pacer began to attract attention, the Cubans had 

 been dependent for their horses upon the mother country. But the voyage 

 was long, the risk considerable, and the cost great, and when it was 

 once ascertained that a superior saddle animal, (according to the taste of 



