THE 



HORSE OF AMERICA 



IN HIS 



DERIVATION, HISTORY, AND DEVELOPMENT. 



TRACING HIS ANCESTORS, BY THE AID OF .MUCH NEWLY DISCOVERED DATA, 



THROUGH ALL THE AGES FROM THE FIRST DAWNINGS 



OF HISTORY TO THE PRESENT DAY. 



INCLUDING THE HORSES OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD, HITHERTO UNEXPLORED, 



GIVING THEIR HISTORY, SIZE, GAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS 



IN EACH OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES. 



SHOWING HOW THE TROTTING HORSE IS BRED, TOGETHER WITH A HISTORY 



OF THE PUBLICATIONS THROUGH WHICH THE BREED 



OF TROTTERS WAS ESTABLISHED. 



WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 



BY 



JOHN H. WALLACE, 



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Founder of " Wallace's American Trotting Register," " Wallace's Monthly," 

 "Wallace's Tear Book," etc. 



NEW YORK: 

 PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR. 



1897. 



