THE HORSE TRIBE 



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SHETLAND PONY AND FOAL 



most illustrious is Stockwell, 

 who has been described as 

 the most extraordinary sire 

 of all time, whose blood is 

 coming more than ever to 

 the front. 



THE TROTTING-HORSE 



This is an American 

 breed. The trotting-horse is 

 a combination of barb and 

 Arab on an English stock. 

 Most of the trotting- and pac- 

 ing-horses of America may be 

 traced to an English thorough- 

 bred Messenger who was 

 imported into America in 

 1 780. This horse became the 

 founder of the greatest trot- 

 ting family in the world. The 

 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 country with a distinct breed of trotter the ORLOFF. 

 This breed was made by crossing Arab and English horses with the native races. The Orloff 



. has not the speed of the 



r 



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 

 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 

 set of lighter shoes often 

 sufficing to convert a trotter 

 into a pacer." Pacing is 

 CHAMPION SHIRE STALLION a swifter mode of motion 



A celebrated cart horu than trotting. 



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