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fluences on the American stock in the localities 

 where these horses were in the stud, but I know of 

 no type that has been influenced by them to any 

 great extent. 



The Orlof trotting horse of Russia is one of 

 the most interesting horses in Europe, and was 

 created by Count Alexis Orlof-Tchestmensky, 

 who began his work during the reign of Peter III, 

 in the last half of the eighteenth century. As there 

 has been an effort to make this type popular in 

 America, it may be interesting to record how 

 Count Orlof went about his work to secure a re- 

 producing type of animals that resemble each 

 other as much as the puppies in a litter of fox ter- 

 riers. In 1775 he imported from Arabia a stallion 

 named Smetanka, and bred this horse to a Dan- 

 ish mare. The produce was Polkan who sired in 

 1784 Barrs out of a Dutch mare. Barrs is looked 

 upon as the founder of the Orlof type. Barrs sired 

 Lubeznoy out of a mare that was sired by an 

 Arab out of a Mecklenberg mare; Barrs also sired 

 Dobroy out of a Thoroughbred English mare; 

 also Lebed out of a mare by Felkerzamchek out 

 of a Mecklenberg mare, Felkerzamchek being by 



