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45 FOURTH. Superfine Equine. Of all the aaimals vrhich you admire, Is not a horse superior and higher; Even the one that's not a. flyer, Regardless of breed, dam or sire? The thoroughbred's forte is racing, The standard bred horse its pacing, The draft's performing work facing, The whole being used for chaisiug. 'E MUST now take you from the new to the old. The term "old" might be used derisively now, but in the year 1539 Old Spain was "it," being one of the most powerful nations of Europe, if not the fore- most. Heretofore a youth has been introduced to you, at the time when Coronado was preparing his retinue in Salamanca preparatory to embarking with Mendoza for New Spain. The young man's father's conception of a man was put to paper, as well as his mother's admonitions and definition of a gentleman. This young Spaniard wUl be your hero. He has now reached his majority and must seek renown and for- tune, but, poor boy, as many a fellow who has gone before has done, he has fallen in love with a "Moarish woman," so designated by his austere pater (father).