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have been large establishments devoted to 

 breeding the trotter. During the same time 

 there have been racing associations with race 

 tracks in nearly all parts of the country, and 

 the horses used for racing purposes have been 

 transported, principally by railways, from 

 track to track during the racing season. The 

 breeding of trotters and the racing of trotters 

 are distinct businesses, and the same man 

 has rarely been interested in both at the 

 same time. The large breeders, however, 

 have usually had short tracks of their own 

 on which they have trained youngsters for 

 the market. Professional drivers have made 

 it a practice to frequently visit breeding 

 establishments, large and small, for the pur- 

 pose of securing youngsters likely to make 

 winners on the race track. The drivers have 

 taken these animals to their own tracks, 

 have trained them, and then have used them 

 for racing purposes for one or more seasons 

 as policy or circumstances might dictate. 

 The best of them are raced on the Grand 

 Circuit, those of lesser speed find their way 



