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does not. The modern race-horse is merely a 

 racing machine, a racing machine very much as a 

 Herreshoff yacht is. The contrast between this 

 racing machine and a Denmark, a Morgan, or 

 even an ordinary trotter is too great, and good 

 results from the crossing of the strains is hardly to 

 be expected; but the tendency is all towards 

 greater speed for shorter journeys, and it will 

 doubtless continue until the men who encourage 

 and insist on the new style of racing bring racing 

 under the ban of the law. Then will come the 

 deluge. The racing machine horses will not be 

 worth their oats, and the race-tracks will be cut 

 up into building lots for surburban villas. 



Between 1870 and 1880 the coming of the 

 modern type was clearly indicated, but the 

 horses that were raced in that period were cer- 

 tainly grand specimens. The Bonnie Scotlands 

 were, at this time particularly strong. Among 

 these Luke Blackburn, Glidelia, and Bramble 

 were probably the best. It is a pity that Bonnie 

 Scotland did not have a better chance in his 

 earlier career. When he arrived in America it 

 was at Boston, whence he was taken to Ohio. It 



