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tions of form have been made by American breeders, 

 special attention being paid to the development of 

 a rapid stride. The Thoroughbred blood appears 

 in the speediness and endurance of the Trotter. 

 Both Thoroughbreds and American Trotters may 

 show both the pacing and the trotting gait. Since 

 our point of view is that of the usefulness of the 

 horse to the farmer we may pass on without a 

 lengthy description of famous trotters. These 

 matters belong less to the province of the farmer 

 than to that of the typical horseman. The speed 

 of these horses has been greatly increased until it 

 has come inside of two minutes. At the present 

 time the number of standard bred Trotting stallions 

 in the United States is nearly 30,000. 



The Morgan Horse. This breed was developed 

 from a horse of this name owned by a man of the 

 same name in West Springfield, Mass. The 

 Morgans were more favorably known in the last 

 century than at present but within recent years a 

 considerable revival of interest in the breed has 

 taken place. The chief controversy regarding this 

 horse, which is essentially a trotter, is concerning 

 its ancestry, which has been frequently called in 

 question. The original line has been mixed with 

 Narragansett pacers and has developed a number 

 of famous horses such as Black Hawk and Ethan 

 Allen. 



The American Saddle Horse. This is another 

 breed of horses developed in America especially 

 among the pioneers 01 Virginia, Kentucky, and 

 Tennessee. The early settlers took great interest 

 in horses bred particularly for the purpose of 

 producing saddle animals of endurance and speed. 

 Their business required the use of such horses and 

 great improvements were made along this line 



