46 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



and Norfolk were the original home of the Hackney, at 

 an early time known also as the Norfolk trotter; and 

 Yorkshire became prominent in the development of this 

 breed, through its adaptability to light horses and supe- 

 riority over the counties of Shropshire and Lincoln- 

 shire in that the Yorkshireman was an enthusiastic horse- 

 man. To carry the postulate to its full and more 

 recent application, it is necessary only to direct attention 

 to what Kentucky, Vermont, Virginia, Tennessee and 

 other states possessing the character of soil and people 

 referred to, have accomplished. Conversely, apply what 

 has been stated to be the evolution of draft breeds, and 

 it will be apparent that the heaviest breeds of draft 

 horses come from the lower and more level lands, with 

 their more lush vegetation. 



45. Breeding saddle horses. Continuing our refer- 

 ence to Yorkshire and Norfolk, it should be said that the 

 demand during the earliest time was for a horse that could 

 trot fast under saddle, and the horsemen of these two 

 counties vigorously took up the work of breeding a stoutly 

 built fast trotting horse of as much endurance as possible. 

 It is said (Wallace, Live-Stock) that the Norwegian horse 

 was used at a very early day on the common mares of 

 these counties, as it was in Norfolk and Yorkshire where 

 the Norse invaders had their principal strongholds in Eng- 

 land. The influence of this on the breed may be slighted 

 when the more potent influence of the Thoroughbred is 

 considered. It is also of interest to mention that even 

 the blood of the Standardbred trotter found its way into 

 some of the Hackney pedigrees through Shepherd F. 

 Knapp, No. 282 in the register of Standardbred horses. 

 The main source of the Hackney blood lines runs back to 

 Arabian origin through the Thoroughbred, being similar 



