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l)reeding of the two last types of horses but, if possessed of high, attrac- 

 tive knee and hock action, may be employed with success for the produc- 

 tion of coach horses. In selecting sires of this breed care should be taken 

 to avoid those having irritable or vicious temperament, and too long, 

 weak bodies, legs and pasterns. 



THE AMEUICAN TKOTTEH. 



As the thoroughbred was, in England, originated to supply the demand 

 for a perfect running horse, so the trotter has. in America, been bred for 

 the special work of fa.'-t driving upon the race track and road and, for 

 that purpose, surpasses all other horses. The French and Orloff (Russian) 

 trotters have been developed similarly in their respective countries and 

 have become noted for long distance performances, but at all distances 

 American trotters now hold the fastest records. The Narragansett pacers 



TROTTING STALLION SIDNEY DILLON 2^157. 

 Sire of Lou Dillon, 1:581-^; Dolly Dillon, 2:0634, etc. 



of New England were our first road horses but became practically 

 extinct, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. About the year 1788, 

 'When Messenger was imported trotters were becoming popular and since 

 then, have been bred in increasing numbers and of gradually increasing 

 speed. Messenger sired Mambrino and the latter Mambrino Paymaster 

 and Abdallah and from these have sprung Mambrino Chief and Rysdyk's 

 "Hambletonian. respectively, both founders of noted families. The dam 

 •of Rysdyk's was the "Charles Kent Mare", sired by Bellfounder, a 

 Hackney, foaled in Norfolk, England. The leading families are (1) Ham- 

 l)letonian, founded by Rysdyk's Hambleton, including such noted sires 



