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sporting men who have traveled about the 

 country from place to place with one or a 

 few horses and who have violated all of the 

 ethics of racing, breeding, and humanity. 

 They have fixed up fake races through which 

 they robbed the farmers of their money; 

 they have raced their horses unconscionable 

 distances with unconscionable frequency; 

 they have bred these animals to anything 

 that pleased their fancy; and they have put 

 very young colts under such terrific training 

 or abuse that their work has been called "the 

 slaughter of the innocents" and the ruin of 

 valuable stock. 



During the formative period of the trotting 

 breed, and when railways were not so com- 

 mon as they are now, there were many men, 

 not connected with breeding, whose business 

 required them to travel about the country 

 from place to place, and who used horses for 

 this purpose. Some of these horses were 

 mares which subsequently went into the 

 breeding ranks and are now known in breeding 

 history as "road mares." The amount of 



