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Morgans Vs Normans

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
August
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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In borsp?, there aro four principal brecds. For running races, the tliorouhbred is so superior that for fifty vearsofopeu oontpotition wlton hunilreils of tlu)us:uuU oí' dollars ooulcl Uavo been eftniod by fastor horses, no cold blood sire fias ever prqducoil n ruiniing races. But tliorotiglibreda are too flery, lVactious, unsound, short lived, an.l unlit íor tong travel, to be of uso for othcr purposes. Tiiey are developed on purpQsa to do tlicir best vrithin 80 seconds or B minutos, and ar unfltted for useful pursuits. Foi: races, the Mcssenger is luviilaablo and most of the very fas test tfotters are of this stock. Kor draft liowos thcre are two classes ; the Clydesdale and the 2iormins. The Clydesdale, is a Scottish horse, of recent origin oorabiniug in ffreat si: and power, with ease and facllity of ïnovenient, synmietrv, and ueauty of form, docilify and liealth. The Norman horse is a French horse of square, solid, muscuhir build, of reut size aiid power, and of superior excellence, lie has a line carriuge and an alert, active moveuient, anil is of the huln-st docility. The l'cet of o the r Kulish horses are very doubtful, but tliese have iirui feel, good linibs, and great endurance. A placo in Orejron is named Chinacuni. And tlio ñrst Chinaman that accepted the invitation was run out of the place with rocks by tlio local Kearney. Thore is a pi' cight mouths old tliat Tcarned to suck a cow on a ranch in Simonía county, California. ít runs with tho cattle,and now,grown largor sits dowu deliberateiy to its dinner. ïhc group of tiees ncar the statue of Achilles at llyde Park corner, Londou, is the Kalboring place ot l'ashion. Ilcre Mrs. Langtry, üili's. Cornwallis West, and Mrs. W'heeler, tho beauties most in vogue, are wout to repose beneath the sliude and asseinble round them groüps of their male admiren and ieinalc gossips, until each litlle narrow spaue butween tliu trees becomes as gay and aiiim Ui'd wilh iho Üutterin auü cliattering of visitors as the niosL brilliant saloii in til. Jumes'.

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Ann Arbor Argus