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VOLUJIE XXV— No. 12. 
NEW- YORK, DECEMBER, 18G6. 
NEW SERIES— No. 239. 
"YOUNG ETHAN ."■ 
[COPYRIGnT 8ECTTEED.] 
-OWUBD BY HOLABIBD & SaTERLEE, ShELBOURN, Yt.- 
This noble horse ■wais the Tviniicr of the first 
]irize in his class at the New England ami Ver- 
mont Show, at Brattleboro, this fall. He is one 
of Ethan Allen's best sons, and takes after the 
old horse in many points, exceedinj him much 
in size. His dam was a Hambletouian and Mor- 
gan mare ; he is of a dark bay color, 15^ |., hands 
high, and eight 3-ear3 old. It is rare to find a 
better combination of blood for a horse of all 
■work. His graud-sirc Black-hawk (the sire of 
Ethan Allen), undoubtedly owed many of his 
best qualities, as well as his color, to his dam, a 
Wack, half-ljred English mare, wiiile he re- 
tained in a high degree the excellencies of the 
Moi'gans. (His sire was Sherman, son of Jvtstin 
Morgan.) In the Hambletonians there (lows 
the blood of some of the best thorough-bred 
horses that we have ever had in this country. 
The stock has long been justly famous, and 
many notable trotters have sprung from it. 
Ethan Allen is the " houestest," squarest trotter 
we ever saw go, and one of the very fast- 
est. So it is not to be Avondered at, that tlie 
fine stallion above pictured, standing, as ho 
does, nearly IG hands high, and superior to his 
sire in weight and muscle, while his action on 
~Dr"JC>ifroni JJ/a for the American AgricuUttrt'st. 
the road is exceedingly similar, should have 
made some very fixst time. We have no record 
at hand giving his best performance?. At the 
time of the exhiljition, tliough not lit tiim for 
trotting, he went his mile in 2.48". He weiglis 
1120 pounds. AVe have been sorry to see llie 
Jlorgaus losing size, as was true of most of them, 
but if they are working up to tliis standard, 
without falling ofi" in style, bottom, and other 
useful qualities, we can not desire anything bet- 
ter as a class of horses for tlie road. Such stal- 
lions, crossed upon largo mares of good consli- 
lution, produce our most showy carriage horses. 
