and spring more on their pasterns than the 

 horses above alluded to; The former is the stiff 

 trot, the latter the supple; this is a safe, hand- 

 some, and showy pace, as they go well above 

 the ground ; and all horses that move in this 

 manner stand close behind, and consequently 

 can never be fast on the trot, and there is 

 never any danger of their coming down. 

 Horses so formed always have their forehand 

 well up, and look handsome. Those that trot 

 too fast cannot perform it in a handsome stile, 

 as the great exertion distorts their symmetry, 

 and destroys the beauty of the pace and the 

 grandeur of their action. 



The handsomest trotting horses are those 

 which trot from eight to ten miles within the 

 hour, which is quite speed enough for the 

 generality of weights. There are horses 

 (though not many) that will trot a mile in two 

 minutes and a half or three minutes, but it 

 would be impossible to continue it for the 

 whole hour without the destruction of the 

 animal *. 



* A little black galloway mare, the property of Sir 

 Richard Hill's groom, would, in what is called the run- 

 ziing trot, go at the rate of twenty miles an hour; and 



