III. 



TROTTING HORSES. 



THE trotting horse plays an important part in the 

 daily life of the whole community, being con- 

 cerned, as Dr. Holmes has pointed out, even in the 

 early conveyance of milk-cans and in the prompt 

 delivery of fresh rolls. These humble offices have 

 actually been performed by horses who afterward 

 acquired fame upon the track. Several years ago an 

 old Dutchman, living in Western New York and en- 

 gaged in the milk business, was astonished and not a 

 little frightened by the pace which his beast set up 

 one frosty morning. -The cart was bounced over the 

 pavements of the city where his route lay, the cans 

 hopped and rattled in their seats, and the driver lost 

 his breath. But he had no sooner recovered it than 



