310 Gait of the -American Trotter and Pacer 



ters and pacers. The reader will pardon me if I mention that among 

 them is a trio bred by me : Margaret Worth 2:15, El Milagro 2 109 j4> 

 and Constancia 2 124 J4> all out of my first brood mare Adeline Patti. 



The point of utility, entering so largely and justly into the breed- 

 ing of the trotter, should make it possible for the farmer to breed the 

 stouter and heavier ones as types of horses fit for his own purposes 

 and for the demands of town and city. There seems to be a gulf, 

 however, between the tiller of the soil and the so-called harness horse 

 man, which the latter's insistence on speed has considerably widened. 

 Some thought should be given to size and weight in order to reconcile 

 these two classes of men for their mutual benefit. I can not, there- 

 fore, recommend too urgently the necessity of making of the harness 

 horse a useful one besides one that has speed. This plea is especially 

 aimed at the trotter, because the pacer has proved to me in this hilly 

 city my native town that for purposes of draft his locomotion is not 

 as effective as that of the trotter. In fact, up and down the steep 

 grades of these streets the pacer is at a decided disadvantage along- 

 side of the trotter, and hence his usefulness is more limited. 



The attendance and the support of the agricultural as well as the 

 urban population rests upon the broad ground of a common interest: 

 the useful trotter. Besides, the secretaries of the various associations 

 that give meetings or exhibits might find it to their advantage to pre- 

 sent a greater variety of speed contests and 'shows. The initiative,, 

 therefore, taken by Secretary Charles M. Jewett of Readville, Massa- 

 chusetts, in instituting the first American Trotting Derby, is worth 

 noting. To lay particular stress on so promising an event, the picture 

 of the winner, Allen Winter 2:06%, appears on the last page of this 

 book. 



The views here expressed are those of a spectator in the grand- 

 stand, with no other desire than to be amused and to get his money's 

 worth of keen enjoyment by a varied and promptly executed program 

 of events. There is, for instance, the annoying delay of the flying 

 start, which ought to be modified. Repeated scoring is the bane of 

 harness racing. A race should be promptly called as well as promptly 

 started. 



