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In i889-'90 Moseley, Whi taker & Co., Bellbuckle, 

 Tenn., made two importations of Catalonian jacks. 

 They were a good average lot. 



There may be, and doubtless are, a few whose im- 

 portation is either unknown or has been unintention- 

 ally omitted, but there cannot be many such, and we 

 feel certain that there have been no very large impor- 

 tations omitted. We suppose there have been about 

 eight hundred or one thousand imported jacks and 

 jennets brought into and around Nashville in the last 

 five years. 



If all those who import would confine their pur- 

 chases to such stock only as is calculated to improve 

 our own native jacks and jennets. Middle Tennessee 

 would soon be to the United States what Spain is to 

 Europe. The introduction of the inferior Mexican 

 and Texan jennets has been a great drawback to the 

 progress of elevating the standard of our jacks and 

 jennets. 



Before closing this history, we wish to mention the 

 efficient services rendered by John Terry (colored), 

 who has made several trips to Europe as groom — 

 three with J. D. & W. H. Goodpasture, one with 

 W. E. Knight & Co., and two with Moseley & Whit- 

 aker. John is justly regarded as the champion groom 

 on a ship, and has had few accidents to occur to stock 

 while in his charge. 



We wish to acknowledge our obligations to our 

 efficient secretary, W. H. Goodpasture, for services 

 rendered in getting up the history of the late impor- 

 tations, etc, L. W. Knight, M.D. 



