20 Domestic ANIMALS. 
was sire of the best Virginian horses, while Tally-ho, son of 
Highflyer, peopled the Jerseys.* 
10. The Wild or Prairie Horse.—In the Southwestern 
States wild horses abound, which are doubtless sprung from 
the same Spanish stock as the wild horses of the pampas and 
other parts of the southern continent, all of which are of the 
celebrated Andalusian breed, derived from the Moorish Barb. 
The prairie horses are often captured, and when domesticated 
are found to be capable of great endurance. They dre not, 
however, recommended by the symmetry or elegance of ap- 
pearance for which their type is so greatly distinguished, 
being generally rather small and scrubby.t 
11. The American Trotting-Horse—“ We can not refrain,” 
H. 8. Randall says, in the Introduction to Youatt on the Horse, 
already referred to, ‘from calling attention to our trotting- 
horses, though in reality they do not, at least as a whole, con- 
stitute a breed, or even a distinct variety or family. There zs 
a family of superior trotters, including several of the best our 
country has ever produced, the descendants of Abdallah and 
Messenger, and running back through their sire Mambrino to 
the thorough-bred horse, old Messenger. But many of our 
best trotters have no known pedigrees, and some of them, 
without doubt, are entirely destitute of the blood of the race- 
horse. Lady Suffolk is by Engineer, but the blood of Engineer 
is unknown (she is a gray mare, fifteen hands and two inches 
high). Dutchman has no known pedigree. Other celebrated 
trotters stand in the same category—though we are inclined to 
think that a decided majority of the best, especially at long 
distances, have a greater or less infusion of the blood of the 
race-horse. 
“The United States has undoubtedly produced more superior 
trotters than any other country in the world, and in no other 
country has the speed of the best American trotters been 
equaled.” 
* Farmers’ Register. + Farmers’ Encyclopedia. 
