s.iid to have been a halt-blood
English, raised in New Brunswick. He was raised by Mr. Twom-
bly, of Greenland, N. II.. and when four years old, was purchased
by Benjamin Thurston of Lowell, Mass. In the year 1844,
David Hill, Esq., of Bridport in this County purchased him of
Mr. Thurston, and has kept him in that place ever since. Mr.
Weissinger, from Avhora we have before quoted, says of him, " I
think he deserves all the praise that has been bestowed on him.
He is the finest stallion I ever saw. His legs are fiat and broad,
shoulders well set back, loin and bock bone very strong, length of
hip beyond anything I ever saw, as quick in breaking as the bullet
from the rifle, head and neck faultless ; in motion, mouth open,
crest sublime, legsbe considered the parent or head of a distinct class."
He says also, " Black HaAvk has sired, I think, fully one hundred
colts a year, since I owned him. II is colts are now distributed
throughout nearly all, if not all, the States of the Union, and
several are in Canada. I know of some owned in every State
except" five southern and south-western States. He says, "this
breed of horses have great beauty and symmetry, are h.igh-spirited,
yet docile and tractable : sre more generally adopted for light and
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rapid driving ; have great courage and endurance : many are adapted
for the farmer's '' all work " horses, and few or none for the slow
and heavy coach."
i\Ir. Hill has furnished us the following information of the prices
at which some of