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of New York until unfit for use by lameness. Katy Darling, 

 the great road mare of New York city and the dam of Alex- 

 ander's Abdallah, was dead lame at the time of being bred to 

 Hambletonian, and a cripple for life by getting one of her hind 

 feet caught in the frog of a railroad track. Clara, the dam of 

 Dexter, 2.17J, had a hip knocked down and was otherwise 

 blemished. 



I could enumerate many other instances where good, well- 

 bred and gamy mares, meeting with accidents that crippled 

 them for life, were put to breeding with good results ; but I 

 have already given you enough examples, I think, to convince 

 you of the feasibility of utilizing the best mares for breeding 

 purposes, though they may have been so unfortunate as to get 

 crippled. 



