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VOLU.Ml'] XXV-No. 13. NEW-YORK, DECEMBER, 1866. NEW SERIES-No. 239. 
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“YOUNG E T H A N — Owned by HoLABIRD & SaterlEE, ShelBOURN, Vt. — Drawnfrom Life for the American Agriculturist. 
This noble horse ivas the b- inner of tlie first 
prize in his class at tlie New England and Ver¬ 
mont Show, at Brattleboz'o, this fall. He is one 
of Etlian Allen’s best sons, and takes after the 
old horse in many points, exceeding him much 
in size. His dam was a Hambletonian and Mor¬ 
gan mare; he is of a dark bay color, 15^ li hands 
high, and eight years old. It is rare to find a 
better combination of blood for a horse of all 
work. His grand-sire Black-hawk (the sire of 
Ethan Allen), undoubtedly oived many of his 
best qualities, as well as bis color, to bis dam, a 
black, half-bred English mare, while he re¬ 
tained in a high degree the excellencies of the 
Morgans. (His sire ivas Sherman, son of Justin 
Morgan.) In the Hambletonians there flows 
tlie blood of some of the best thorough-bred 
horses that b'c have ever liad in this country. 
The stock has long been justly famous, and 
many notable trotters have sprung from it. 
Ethan Allen is the “honestest,” squarest trotter 
we ever saw go, and one of the very fast¬ 
est. So it is not to be tvondered at, that the 
fine stallion above pictured, standing, as be 
does, nearly 10 hands high, and superior to his 
sire in weight and muscle, Avhilc his action on 
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the road is exceedingly similar, should have 
made some very fast time. We have no record 
at hand giving his best performances. At the 
time of the exhibition, though not in trim for 
trotting, he went his mile in 2.48". He weighs 
1120 pounds. We have been sorry to see the 
Morgans losing size, as was true of most of them, 
but if they are working up to this standard, 
without falling off in style, bottom, and other 
useful qualities, we can not desire anything bet¬ 
ter as a class of horses for the road. Such stal¬ 
lions, crossed upon large mares of good consti¬ 
tution, produce our most showy carriage horses. 
