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most illustrious is Stockwell, 

 who lias been described as 

 the most extraordinary sire 

 ■ 'I all time, whose blood is 

 coming more than ever to 

 tin- front. 



I 111 Tri n riNG-Hi >RSE 



This is an American 

 breed. The trotting-horse is 

 a combination of barb and 

 Arab on an English sfc " k. 

 Most of the trotting"- and pac- 

 ing horses qf Americq ma} be 

 trai id loan English thorough- 

 bred - Messenger w hi > was 

 imported into America in 

 1780. This horse became the 

 founder of the greatest trot- 

 ting family in the world. I he 

 speed attained by some of the 

 fastest trotters is wonderful, 

 a mile being covered in some 

 three or four seconds over 

 two minutes. 



Russia is the only European countrj 

 This bleed was made by crossing Arab and 



I'hile by T. Fi 



SHETLAND PONY AND FOAL 



with a distinct breed of trotter — the ORLOFF. 



English horses with the native races. The Orion 

 has not the speed of the 

 American horse, but has 

 greater powers of endurance. 

 The trotting-season in Russia 

 is winter, the races taking 

 place on the ice. 



The Pacer is not a 

 distinct breed, but so called 

 on account of its curious 



tnuto uj i . tan 



CHAMPION SHIRE STALLI 

 A celebrated cart horse 



ON 



method of trotting. In 

 trotting the left fore and 

 right hind leg strike the 

 ground at the same moment; 

 in pacing the fore and hind 

 leg of the same side move in 

 unison. Some wild animals 

 as the giraffe — are pacers. 

 " Many American horses," 

 says Mr. Winans, " are able to 

 move with either action, a 

 -ei of lighter shoes often 

 mi liking to convert a trotter 

 into a pacer." Pacing is 

 a swifter mode of motion 

 than trotting. 



