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THE CULTIVATOR. 
May 
The original, from which the above cut was taken, is 
the horse called a Norman,” or Morse’s Grey, owned 
by Mr. Calvin Morse, of Lansingburgh. We had the 
pleasure, not long since, of seeing this horse in har¬ 
ness, and of witnessing something of his powers as a 
traveller; and we feel bound to say that our opinion of 
him is in all respects highly favorable. He is unques¬ 
tionably a very valuable animal. As a roadster, his 
gait is good, and any one who will drive him, will soon 
be satisfied that he has all the speed desirable for any 
useful purpose. Though he is considered an “all day ” 
horse, and will without urging trot ten miles an hour, 
he can readily accomplish a mile in less than three 
minutes. His constitution appears strong, and his facul¬ 
ty of endurance is undoubted. He is twelve years old, 
is 15| hands high, well proportioned, and weighs eleven 
hundred pounds. His color is a dapple grey. 
But as furnishing a better account of this horse and 
his progeny than we are personally able to prepare, 
we make the following extracts from a statement put 
into our hands, the correctness of which is certified by 
George Vail, Esq., Gen. A. T. Dunham, J.Van Schoonho- 
ven, Jr., L. R. Sargent, A. Patten, and others of Troy, 
Watervleit, and Lansinburgh: 
“ Of his pedigree little is known; but as he has estab¬ 
lished a reputation of his own, little anxiety is felt in 
this respect. His sire was a nameless horse brought to 
Quebec from France, and finally owned by Mr. James 
McNitt, of Washington county, in this state, in whose 
hands he died. The value of the stock was therefore 
unknown till it was thoroughly tested. 
“ Norman’s celebrity consists not in length of pedi¬ 
gree, but in the excellence of his stock. In fact, so far 
as a good horse for the road is concerned, Mr. Morse 
has reached a desideratum, for the progeny of his horse 
possess all the good qualities of any stock, without a 
single vice. They combine great trotting powers, 
good courage and excellent bottom. They have suffi¬ 
cient size, good carriage, and good proportions, united 
with great tractability and gentleness. He has stood in 
Washington, and the adjoining counties, for the last 
nine years, but such has been the demand for horses of 
his get, that it is now almost impossible to purchase any 
of them of a proper age for business, at any price. 
They have commanded prices of from $150 to $600. A 
gentleman in Lansingburgh has realized over $1,200 
for three of them. Foals by this horse, from mares of 
good reputation, have been known to bring $100 each, 
when dropped.” 
We would call attention to Mr. Morse's advertise¬ 
ment in this number. It will be seen that he offers good 
accommodations for mares sent from a distance. 
BREEDS OF HORSES. 
In the British American Cultivator, we find a report 
of the discussion by the “ Newmarket Agricultural 
Club,” of the question—“What breed of horses is best 
adapted to the wants of the country?” We give the 
following abstract of the remarks made. 
The first speaker on the subject thought “ some of 
the entire horses which had been into this country 
[Canada] within the past few years” have been too 
heavy and others much too light for the general wants 
of the country. A horse possessing rather light bone 
with good action is preferable for ordinary purposes. 
It is the common opinion that the horses of this section 
of the country are not as good now as they were 15 or 
20 years since. 
The second speaker said it was not many years since 
the Home District was noted from one end of Canada 
to the other, for its valuable race of horses; and he 
thought that by the introduction of the small race oi 
English blood-horses, the stock was considerably run 
down and reduced in value. It was an acknowledged 
fact that the present half-bred horses in the District can¬ 
not endure half of the service the old-fashioned race is 
capable of enduring. He thought a cross of the largest 
sized French or Lower Canada horse with the best 
