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dity, and haWts of loconioilun peculiar to itself, beini,' so Sflf-pcrsistent, rts io I,. 

 conveyed fnini iiuniits {<> their ] ro^rcny witli such certainty that the troftfi' in il,,. 

 noar future will becouu' thoroujj'lilirod, with the capability of propajrati;);: its ow;. 

 kind continuously and unifurinly. 



The result of tlie author's inve-tipations leads to the conclusion that t!;- cniiMiin. 

 mation of this type and new jimduction results from the utilisation ;uul uni,,], 

 of the sperm and ;.'erui (•■lis of the pure-bred Knjrlish rumier witii the ffcira and 

 sperm potency of the nati\e Ani>'rican horse, ami that within the last liftv vea:< 

 this lii^h rate of truttiii;: and jJai-ini,' speed luis been prfnluced progressively arnl 

 f^radualiy from a locomotion cajiabli- of coverinj^ a mile in three minutes, to an 

 increase of speed to the mil" of two miiuite-i and nine and tliree-'|uart>:' seconds. 



