RUSSIAN TROTTERS 



207 



committed by his pace-maker. As he could not control the 

 actions oT this individual, he preferred to be warned off 

 than to pay up, so he departed for America; because, as he 

 said, " Russia was no country for a white man." This of 



Photo l>y} 



[L. C. Goroctetzky, Tzarskoe Selo. 

 F;G. 51. Russian Match Trotter. 



course was far too sweeping a statement ; although it might 

 not have been incorrect, had it been restricted to sport. 



Almost all the horses that compete at these races have 

 been bred in Russia, and show more or less admixture with 

 American and English blood, as we may see from Figs. 

 51 and 52. Foreign horses are admitted to very few events 

 during the year, and then only under severe restrictions. 



