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SCIENTIFIC IIUKSESHOEING. 



ambition ot" u s^eiitleniaii's driver an<l the reliabilitv of a ladv'^■ 

 phaeton liorse. The influence ot" the trotting-bred animal is 

 favorably seen in its effects upon the general character of our 

 roadster stock, ^vl^u•h it has greatly improved for all practical 

 purposes and enhanced in all desirable respects. In other lines 

 his public performances on the turf have given the trotting 

 horse a prominence unef|ualed as his excellence, and he is every- 

 where fancied as the favorite among speed horses. In this re- 

 spect the distinctive trotter is an example of modern evolution ; 

 as will be seen by a reference to the following table, which gives 

 a list of the standard, record-taking j»erformers, in and subse- 

 quent to the year 180G, from which date the development of the 

 trotting classes are credited. 



CHAMPIONS OF TllK FAST-CI.ASS REGULATION M1L1':-TRACKS. 



u 



ISOfi 

 1810 

 18'J9 

 183J 

 1839 

 1844 

 1844 

 1849 

 1849 

 1849 

 18.55 

 1.S59 

 1867 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1871 

 1872 



Name. 



Yankee 



Boston Horse 



Tope;iillaiit, 3 miles 



Edwin Forrest 



Drover 



Lady Suffolk . . .. 



rnknowu.. 



Pelhiim, converted pacer .. 

 Highland Maid 

 Flora Temple 

 Pocahontas, pacing to wagon. 



Flora Temple 



Dexter. 



Dexter 



Lady Thomas 



.\mericnnGirl, 31 oz. shoes.. 



Goldsmith Maid 



Lucy 



Name. 



same date 



Goldsmith Maid 



Lula 



Smuggler 



Rarus 



Hopeful 



St. Julien 



St. Julien ( 

 Maude S. \ 



Maud S 



Maud S.. 



Jay Eve See 



Maud's 



Maud S 



Guy.. 



Sunol.. 



Nancy Hanks 



Alix (aeainst time) 





14 



13K 

 14% 

 12% 

 11% 

 11% 



m 



10 



10 



09% 



08% 



10% 



08% 



04 



03% 



(It is freely predicted that a speed of two minutes is not 

 only possible, but probable, in the immediate future.) 



This gradual development of the trotting horse to his pres- 

 ent state of excellence, and the still greater excellence to w^hich 

 farther development in the future wmU certainly elevate him, can 

 not fail to improve all kinds of light harness horses in general 

 use. The trotter will train on and breed on. People who are 

 not horsemen, in the strict acceptance of the word, but who. 



