302 TALES OF THE TURF. 



America is his home ; that we have spent nearly a century 

 in bringing him to his present state of perfection; that, 

 being the best animal of his kind, he will certainly gain a 

 foothold — or rather, increase the foothold he has already 

 gained with all civilized nations. They must come to the 

 land of the stars and stripes to get him, and though it 

 looks like overproduction now, the markets of the world 

 will soon all want what only we can furnish, and in that 

 view the business has a rosy hue. 



