16 Domestic ANIMALS. 
be from the Justin Morgan. Sherman Morgan is fifteen hands 
high, weighs about 1,050 lIbs., is dark chestnut, and very much 
resembles his sire Sherman, but heavier, stockier, and not ag 
much action. A fine horse, and is now kept in the stable at 
Lancaster, N. H., where the Sherman died. He is owned by 
A. J. Congdon. 
4. The Canadian Horse.—This horse abounds in the Cana- 
dian Provinces and in the Northern States of the Union, and is 
too well known to require a particular description. Itis mainly 
of Norman-French descent. It is a hardy, long-lived animal, 
is easily kept, and very useful on a farm, although generally too 
small for heavy work. A cross between stallions of this breed 
and our common mares produces a superior horse, and such 
crosses are finding favor among farmers. 
5. The Norman Horse.—The French or Norman horse, from 
which the Canadian is descended, is destined to take a more 
prominent place than has hitherto been assigned to it among 
our working horses. We introduce an engraving of one of this 
breed, called Louis Philippe, which was bred by Edward 
Harris, of Moorestown N. J., by whom the breed was imported 
from France. 
The Norman horse is from the Spanish, of Arabian ancestry, 
and crossed upon the draught horses of Normandy. Mr, 
Harris had admired the speed, toughness, and endurance of the 
French stage-coach horses, and resolved to import this valuable 
stock, and deserves the thanks of the American public for his 
perseverance and sacrifices in this enterprise. The Norman 
horses are enduring and energetic beyond description, and keep 
their condition on hard fare and brutal treatment, when most 
other breeds would quail and die. This variety of horse is 
employed in France to draw the ponderous stage-coaches, called 
‘“‘diligences,” and travelers express astonishment at the extra- 
ordinary performances of these animals. Each of these huge 
vehicles is designed for eighteen passengers, and when thus 
loaded are equal to five tons weight. Five horses are attached 
to the clumsy and cunibrous carriage, with rude harness, and 
