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To Ihe Arabian, principally, England is indebted for her im- 

 proved and now unrivalled breed of horses for the turf, the field, 

 and the road." ^ 



As already said, when speaking of the English race-horse, the 

 Arabian is not equal to his English descendant. This has also 

 been incontestably proved in the United States. Pure blood 

 Arabians of the highest pretensions have at various times been 

 mported into our country ; but they have never compared in 

 either speed or bottom, with the English race-horse and his 

 descendants 



THE CANADIAlf HORSE, 



Found in the Canadian Provinces, and somewhat in the 

 Northern United States, is too well known to require any partic- 

 ular description. He is mainly of French descent — though many 

 so called, and doubtless some of the fleetest ones, ajre the produce of a 

 cross between the Canadian and the English thorough-bred stal- 

 lion. They are a long-lived, easUy kept, and exceedingly hardy 

 race, making good farm and draft horses, when suffi-ciently large. 

 In form, many of them display in a marked manner the charac- 

 teristics of the Norman — so too in their general qualities — but 

 they are usually considerably smaller. Stallions of this breed 

 have in various instances, of late, been introduced into New York 

 and other northern States, to cross with our common mares. 

 The result has been decidedly satisfactory, particularly in giving 

 compactness and vigor of constitution, where the dam does not 

 excel in those particulars. 



A black stallion imported from Canada, a few years since, by 

 Mr. John Legg, of Skaneateles, N. Y., has got several hundred 

 colts, which, when broken, have averaged about one hundred 

 dollars a piece in value ; a sum considerably above the average 

 prices of horses in the country. They are almost invariably fail 

 roadsters, and excellent farm-horses. This cross is more and 

 more finding favor among our farmers. 



THE NORMAN HORSE. 



In connection with the Canadian — ^though not so old a varietv 

 in the United States, as some of which we have presently to 

 speak — we will advert to the French or Norman horse, from 

 which the Canadian is descended. We cannot do this more 

 satisfactorily to ourselves, or more usefully to the reader, than to 

 publish entire the following inter«stmg and admirably candid 



