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horses to prevent mixing ; but their use has not always prevented 

 n mix ups," when a hoppled pacer gets tangled and goes down. 

 An effort to bar hoppled horses from races has not appeared to 

 be successful, because the supply of both hoppled and free pacers 

 of racing abilities does not yet fill the demand. 



Some of the records of the best pacing horses are as follows : 



Dan Patch 1.55} Joe Patchen . . . .-. . 2.0 H 



Dan Patch, without pace Robert] 2.01 J 



maker in front .... 1.58 Little Boy 2.01 



Prince Alert 1.57 Anaconda 2.01 f 



Star Pointer 1.59} Coney 2.02 



John R. Gentry . .... 2.00} 



Orloff Trotter 



A Russian breed, founded by Count Alexis Orloff Tschismens- 

 ky, state minister to Catherine II, who had extensive lands in the 

 province of Orel, one of Russia's most powerful and productive 

 states. In 1 775 Count Orloff imported the gray Arabian stallion, 

 Smetanxa, a horse of great speed, power and size. Bred to a 

 Danish mare, he produced Polkan I, which in turn produced Bars 

 I from a Dutch mare. English, Danish and Dutch mares have 

 all been freely used, but the sires generally taken from foundation 

 stock. Bars I was of the type Orloff aimed to secure, and by his 

 prepotency, supplemented by rigid selection, a class of horses 

 sprung up, fostered by the powerful family of Orloff and other 

 Russian nobles. 



A few Orloff horses were shown in America at the Bay State 

 fair in 1 884, and more in Chicago in 1 893, but they are not nu- 

 merous here as yet. 



They are much inferior to American trotters in speed, but are 

 strong, vigorous horses, and should prove useful for carriage work. 

 They are generally black or gray in color, upstanding, strongly 



When a horse is overheated or tired, allow but a few swallows of water. 

 Jll least an hour later give him his fill. 



