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DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN HORSE 



horses of good size of the Morgan type, combining speed and 

 general excellence for carriage purposes. 



BINGEN, FORBES TROTTER 



While we criticize the policy of admitting to register many 

 weedy animals because of this ability to trot miles in 2.30, there is 

 an ideal type that is in demand, and is being bred in increasing 

 numbers. This type differs in certain particulars from the Thorough- 

 bred, which it much resembles in the main. It is somewhat lower 

 and shorter in leg as a rule and slightly more compact in body. 

 In gait the trotter should possess great reach, with smoothness and 

 regularity of action, low and frictionless rather than high and showy. 



The speed limit at the trot is not yet reached. It will probably 



"Jim never without Bickmore's Gall Cure in my barn. It will cure if you 

 only put it on. It is the thing for the cotton farmer. 



<%. E. North, Clifford, Ark." 



