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horse, standing i5'2 ; his first notable per- 

 formance was to trot two miles in 5 minutes 

 54 seconds, under a heavy weight on grass. 

 His son Stevens' Bellfounder was matched 

 to trot sixteen miles in an hour, carrying 

 14 stone on the road. Velocity was also 

 a marvellous trotter; and thus Jary's Bell- 

 founder had in his veins the best blood in 

 Norfolk ; at five years old he trotted two 

 miles in 6 minutes, and the next year trotted 

 nine miles in 29 minutes 38 seconds. The 

 blood of both Messenger and Jary's Bell- 

 founder, is found in Rysdyk's Hambletonian. 



HOW TO BREED CARRIAGE HORSES. 



A good Hackney stallion is the best horse 

 in the world. It is not extreme speed at the 

 gallop or trot which makes either a good 

 harness horse or the horse required for 

 military purposes ; it is staying power, 

 strength, activity, quickness of perception, 

 and docility ; and all these qualities are as 

 prominent in the Hackney as swiftness is 

 in the thoroughbred horse. He has been 

 tried on his merits in European countries, 

 and has been retained on his merits ; and 

 on their merits alone, without enquiry into 

 descent or pedigree, we pay high prices for 



