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CONTINENTAL HORSES. 



ment of Vononej, which is to the south of Moscow, there 

 was no breed of horses specially known as Russian 

 trotters, the great founder of which was a horse called 

 Smetanka, that was imported from Greece into Russia 

 in 1775. Russian authorities describe Smetanka as a 

 pure-bred Arab, but Sanson {Traitd de Zootechnie) and 

 other French writers incorrectly allude to him as a 



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Fig. 543. — Old type of Orlov match trotter. 



Barb.' United witH a Danish cart mare, Smetanka sired 

 the stallion Polkan, who in 1784 sired Barss, whose 

 dam was a strong-built Dutch mare. All the Orlov 

 trotters are descended from the three sons of Barss : 

 Lubeznoy, Dobroy, and Lebed. The dam of Lubeznoy 

 was by an Arab out of a Mecklenburg mare. The dam 

 of Dobroy was a thorough-bred English mare ; the dam 

 of Lebed (Nevinnaia) was by Felkerzamchik out of a 



