THE TROTTING-BRED HORSE i8j 



the "little, weedy, undersized trotter." Some trotters 

 are small, and among them may be mentioned Alix, 

 Nancy Hanks, and Lou Dillon, all of whom held the 

 record In their respective days. On the other hand, as 

 samples of large trotters, there might be mentioned 

 among many others, Axford, 2.29%, weight 1,250, a 

 horse with very high action; Willy, 2.04J4) weight 

 1,250, one of the speediest, handsomest, and kindest 

 horses In the world; Invincible, 2.15, weight 1,300; 

 Idol Belle, by Red Wilkes, weight 1,300 as a three- 

 year-old; Brown Braden, 2.13^^, a pacer, weight 

 1,360; Say Tell, by Axtell, weight 1,400; Wotan, a 

 WUkes horse, weight 1,400; McKInley, 2.29, weight 

 1,400; King Alar, 2.26, a Clay horse, weight 1,450. 



To pull a heavy, four-horse coach with a load of 

 seven or eight men, and to do this at a rapid rate, is 

 perhaps the hardest task that a horse can be called 

 upon to perform; and at this game the trotter excels 

 all other horses in the world. This has been proved 

 by the road races held In connection with the New 

 York Horse Show, and also at the London Inter- 

 national Horse Show. These races have always been 

 won by trottlng-bred horses. Most of these trottlng- 

 bred coachers stood about sixteen hands high, and 

 many of them had records under 2.30. 



The trotting-bred saddle and coach horses seem all 

 the more remarkable when we remember that they are 

 little more than by-products. They were produced 

 more or less accidentally by breeders and farmers 

 whose real object was speed. By selecting first the 

 proper families among the many families of trotters, 



