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to which experience has shown it entitled, it is be¬ 
lieved their success in stock-breeding, would have 
been inferior to no other portion of the world. As 
it is, however, it must be acknowledged a fault, and 
though not a vital, yet a great one, in the prac¬ 
tice of which, no distinguished or general excel¬ 
lence can ever be reached. We have seen, in late 
years, how they have been surpassed by the 
southern portion of New York, and especially 
Long Island, and New Jersey, in the greater num¬ 
ber of superior roadsters, the natural result of a 
continued and thorough system of breeding choice 
mares, to the best formed, and most substantial, 
imported blood-stallions. 
New England has, in former times, possessed 
some horses of unmatched qualities, which they 
have derived from various sources. Several im¬ 
portations have been made from the great source 
of all modern improvement, the sandy region of 
the east, and which, though at small cost, and 
sometimes accidental, yet they have been credit¬ 
able to their subsequent possessors, from their 
proper use, and the just estimation in which they 
have been held. Among many so distinguished, 
pre-eminently stood, longo intervallo, the far- 
famed Morgan horse* of "Vermont, and his more 
ancient compeer, the imported Barb Banger, or as 
be was subsequently called, Lindsey’s Arabian.! 
There is a tradition on our northeastern coast, 
that a valuable Arabian stallion was, in the early 
settlement of that country, washed ashore from a 
stranded vessel, and running wild with an excel¬ 
lent breed of native mares, then ranging the woods, 
he founded the stock of Narraganset pacers. 
These were, at one time, quite a distinct breed, 
valuable for their speed and endurance under the 
saddle, though they can hardly be said to have 
been a desirable race as a farm-horse. They pro¬ 
duced a good deal of profit to their breeders, by 
shipping, to the West Indies, for which market 
these animals were precisely adapted, the bloods 
of those islands esteeming the high spirit, and 
rapid,.easy gait, as the very perfection of horse- 
qualification; and when once mounted on these 
mettlesome pads, by the aid of three negroes, one 
at the bit, and one at each stirrup, they probably 
felt as Bichard the third, when he bid, 
“ My kingdom for a horse.” 
We once had a humorous description of a scrub- 
race near Chepachet, or somewhere in the re¬ 
gion, of a more recent and famous race of bipeds, 
in which one of these pacers was pitted against a 
crack-racer, and finding he was losing ground in 
his running-gait, adroitly fell into his accustomed 
pace, and fairly distanced his opponent. 
The importation by Gen. Eaton in 1806, of two 
choice Barbs, on his return from Tripoli, (where 
he rendered such distinguished services to his 
country, out of all credit for which he was most 
effectually jockied by our then administration,) 
produced no marked improvement in the horses 
* Supposed to have been across between a choice Norman 
and English thorough-bred. 
11 object to the application of u Lindsey" to this animal, as 
Capt. L. was no further instrumental in extending his reputa¬ 
tion or character, except as conjointly with other individuals, 
he aided in procuring his transfer from Massachusetts to Vir- 
of Massachusetts, where they remained for many 
years. 
The history of that remarkable animal, the 
Arabian Banger, (unsurpassed it is believed, by 
either the Darley Arabian, or Godolphin Barb,) as 
given in the Turf Begister by Gen. Forman, is 
substantially the same as was related to me, by 
that eminent importer and breeder, and accurate 
judge of all varieties of stock, from the mettled- 
courser, and thorough-bred Durham, through all 
its gradations, to the graceful and choice varieties 
of the feathered tenants of the farm-yard, Charles 
Henry Wall, Esq.; whose birth-place, Pomfret, in 
Conn., was for a long time the home of this horse. 
He was white, something over 15 hands high# 
of perfect form and symmetry, and was presented 
by the Emperor of Morocco# from the choice of 
his Stud, to the commander of an English frigate, 
for some distinguished service. Before returning 
to his own country, he put into port, either in the 
West Indies, or one of our southern states, and 
while the ship was detained, the horse was sent 
on shore for exercise, and placed in a lumber-yard. 
His playfulness induced him to climb on a high 
pile of boards, from which he was precipitated, 
and before extricating him, he had, broken three 
of his legs. In this condition, he was presented 
to the captain of a New England vessel, who, 
aware of his great value, made every effort for his 
recovery, in which he was entirely successful, and 
brought him to New London, in Conn., whence 
he was taken to Pomfret. This was just previous 
to our Bevolution. 
Early during our struggles, in the formation of 
our infant cavalry, the attention of that invaluable 
officer, Capt. Lee, was called to a class of remark¬ 
ably fine horses, the progeny of this animal, and 
from them, he furnished his troop, which, for a 
combination of all the requisite qualities of such a 
body, from the leader to the private, both men 
and horses, have no superiors. For sudden, ter¬ 
rific, and successful attack; for courageous, in¬ 
domitable and bloody defence; or if borne down 
by hosts of opponents, for prompt and unassailable 
retreat; this band of heroic horsemen have in no 
age of the world ever been surpassed. The favor¬ 
ite white horse of Washington, which Stuart has 
immortalized in his splendid picture, in which the 
animal is seen supporting the arm of his beloved 
master, as he stands with a countenance teeming 
with inexpressible emotions, watching from the 
Battery, the embarkation and retreat of the last of 
his country’s invaders, is said to have been got 
by the Arabian Banger. If there be any authen¬ 
tic history to correct or confirm this statement, we 
hope to see it forthcoming, ere the survivors of 
those glorious scenes have passed from the earth. 
But such progeny could not have been ennobled 
exclusively, by such a sire. iEneas was promised 
a royal race, only from Latium’s imperial line; and 
it may be inferred conclusively, that the elements 
so happily blended in these coursers’ veins, drew 
no inconsiderable portion of them from the merits 
of their dams. This noble beast, after having 
raised his reputation without the aid of the course , 
was, subsequently to the Bevolution, sold as a 
special favor and at a high price, to Captain Lind- 
