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horse then ridiculed the imported high stepper in un- 

 measured terms, httle dreaming that in less than a decade 

 they would be cultivating just this type themselves, and 

 bragging that their native trotters could ape the fashion- 

 able hackney to perfection. 



" It was not until 1894 that some one discovered 

 in John A. Logan's prize-winning high stepper, The Devil's 

 Deputy, a well-bred trotter disguised as a hackney. This 



Photo iij] [M. H. H. 



Fig- 563. — Mr. W. H.Walker's Montana pony, Montana Bill (14- O- 



horse 'defeated Joseph E. Widener's imported hackney 

 mare, Dorothea, in one of the open harness classes at 

 Madison Square Garden. The disclosure caused quite a 

 stir in the horse world and the winner was regarded as 

 a freak. Shortly afterwards the fact came out that all 

 the high steppers exhibited at the National Horse Show by 

 Charles F. Bates were trotting bred. 



" Since 1895 the trotting bred carriage horse has 

 dominated the show ring and the sale mart. Every 



