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blood. When her new owner brought this most 

 remarkable mare to New York, he had not the 

 most remote idea that he held one of the wonders 

 of the world. He believed that she was a pretty 

 good pony, and could strike a good clip on the 

 road. She was only 14.2 hands high and had a 

 mere stump of a tail. Besides, she was nervous, 

 and before she "found herself" had a rather 

 choppy action. When she had learned the trick, 

 however, her action was smooth and clock-like, 

 and she glided along with almost unapproach- 

 able grace. Moreover, when she broke she lost 

 scarcely nothing, as she did not have to be pulled 

 back almost to a standstill, but caught her trot- 

 ting stride from what was very like a run. 



There are other books in which the record of 

 Flora Temple can be found in all of its proud and 

 brilliant details. She beat everything of her day, 

 beginning with the Waite Pony on the Blooming- 

 dale road in 1850, until Ethan Allen, Princess, 

 George M. Patchen and all the good ones had to 

 take her dust. She was not used under the saddle, 

 but always to sulky or wagon. Hiram Woodruff, 

 her first real trainer, says she was a great weight 



