6 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 

 THE NARRAGANSETT PACER. 



The origin, rise, and progress of the breed — Daniel Pearce and his Stal- 

 lion Rambler — Imported Rambler — Rambler as a Stock-horse — 

 Great durability of the Narragansetts — Demand for export — Narra- 

 gansett blood in the Morgans — -"Little-neck Beach," Narragansett* 

 R. I., as a race-course for the pacer in 1720 — Mary Langworthy 

 Southcote of York, England, as connected with the history of the 

 Pacer . . 52 



CHAPTER V. 



THE FRENCH CANADIAN HORSE. 



Early Imported into Canada from France — Climatic influence on the 

 early horses of Canada — Hardiness and utility of the Canadian horse 



— Canadian blood in the American trotter and pacer — Noted Canada 

 horses brought to the United States — Surry, the dam of Henry Clay, 

 was a Canadian, ... . . 56 



CHAPTER VI. 

 THE MORGAN HORSE. 



The Morgans strictly an American breed — Beauty and power of endur- 

 ance — Justin Morgan the founder — Pedigree of Justin Morgan — 

 Description of Justin Morgan — Sherman Morgan — Pedigree of Sher- 

 man Morgan — Vermont Black Hawk, pedigree and history — Ethan 

 Allen, his pedigree and history — Daniel Lambert, the great sire of 

 beautiful roadsters and gentlemen's driving-horses — Daniel Lam- 

 bert's table of honor as a sire of speed, . . .60 



CHAPTER VII. 



MORGAN HORSES -Continued. 



Woodbury Morgan — Royal Morgan — Morgan Csesar — Green Mountain 

 Morgan — Morgans for stage purposes — Morgan horses for cavalry 

 service — Morgans adapted to rough and hilly roads of New England 



— Morgans as trotters — Ripton — Last Message of Ethan Allen, . 73 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 RYSDYK'S HAMBLETONIAN. 



History and pedigree — The Charles Kent Mare — Imp. Belfounder — 

 Abdallah the sire of Hambletonian — Hambletonian's Stud Career — 

 Great Value of Horses sired by Hambletonian — Hambletonian's sons 

 of renown, ... ... 82 



CHAPTER IX. 

 ALEXANDER'S ABDALLAH. 



Pedigree and early history — Potency in speed for generations — Sprague's 

 Hambletonian one of his best sons — Sprague's Hambletonian sire of 

 Gov. Sprague — Alexander's Abdallah in motion. . 90 



