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This state of affairs has not only existed for some- 

 time, but it promises to grow a great deal worse in 

 the future. In handling from one or two importations 

 each year, this, without exception, has been our uni- 

 form experience. Give a man a list of our sales, and 

 he can almost grade the size of the animal by the 

 price. I never knew a jack to bring a large price if 

 under fifteen hands high, and I never knew one to 

 bring a very large price if under fifteen and one-half 

 hands. This is not only our own experience, but our 

 observation in sales of above 200 head each year. 

 The best and most profitable trade is in what are 

 termed jennet jacks, and these must in all cases be 

 large. There is a large demand for such animals. 



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The next breed to make its appearance in this coun- 

 try was the Spanish Catalonian. 



After Henry Clay's importation of Andalusians, his 

 son was, I believe, made consul-general to Spain. In 

 any event, he was sent there in the consular or diplo- 

 matic service, and while there sent to his father's 

 Kentucky home an excellent specimen of this breed. 

 So much pleased was Mr. Clay with the jack that a 

 year or two later he imported from the same place 

 a number of others. A picture of one of these orna- 

 ments one of the rooms in the old homestead at Ash- 

 land. 



A few were also imported at this early day into 

 Virginia. Mr. Franklin and others imported to Mid- 

 dle Tennessee long before the war, and purchased 

 another importation that had been landed at Charles- 



