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and Morgan are the best known. Among the most famous 

 trotters that have lived in recent years are the following: 

 Maud S. 2:08%, Nancy Hanks 2:04, Cresceus 2:02J4, The 

 Harvester 2:01, Lou Dillon 1:58^, and Uhlan 1:58. 

 Among pacers are Hal Pointer 2 :05 J4, Star Pointer 1 :59 J4, 

 Minor Heir 1:59, and Dan Patch 1:55J^. Trotters and 

 pacers have sold for very high prices. Arion, the trotter, sold 



Fig. 11. Angus Pointer, a 2:00 pacer. Photograph by the author. 



for $150,000, and Dan Patch, the pacer, was purchased for 

 $60,000. Trotting and pacing horses have no great value 

 outside of purposes for which horses of light weight can be used, 

 euch as driving, racing, and in certain kinds of business where 

 no special draft power is required. Our people would be 

 much better off today if we raised but a limited number of 



