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company among the others. Here was a blow. 

 The collection had to be dispersed just as it had 

 arrived at success. Though at that time Mr. 

 Huntington was an old man, he did not give up. 

 He bought what of the collection he could, and 

 started in again. His second attempt proves 

 that he is entirely right, as he produces with an 

 absolute certainty two classes of as admirable 

 horses as I have ever seen. The first, and the one 

 that ought to be most useful, is represented in the 

 illustration in this book of Clay-Kismet, and the 

 other by Nimrod. Clay-Kismet is 16^ hands high, 

 and is as perfectly adapted for a carriage horse as 

 any I have seen — as well adapted even as the 

 Golddust, of which I spoke in the Morgan 

 chapter. His symmetry, finish and high breeding 

 adapt him particularly for this, while the clean- 

 ness of his action gives a final perfection that 

 cannot fail to excite admiration in those who 

 know and love horses. He is by an Arab stallion 15 

 hands in stature, out of a closely inbred Clay 

 mare, the union resulting in a horse larger than 

 either sire or dam. It is a singular thing that even 

 the purely bred Arabs, mated by Mr. Hunting- 



