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horse, and a four-mile runner at high weights, who was bred 

 from tlie Mercury line of Eclipse; and is said to have done as 

 mucli for Yorkshire, in England, as any stallion they ever 

 liad there, getting alike race-horses, hunters, and trotters 

 for the stage-coaches. 



Tnistee's dam was one of the most famous blood-mares, in 

 the estimation of the English, that they ever rejoiced in 

 He was out of Emma, by Whisker, who was own brother to 

 Whalebone, Web, and Wire. So Trustee was related to 

 Glencoe ; for Web was his grandam. This Emma was also 

 the dam of West Australian's dam, and of Mundig and 

 Cotherstone, both of whom won the Derby. Mundig, as 

 well as Trustee, was by Catton. The trotter Ti-ustee was a 

 chestnut horse, about fifteen hands two inclies high. He 

 was a strong horse, with a very high rump. It looked to 

 be higher than his withers; and this was especially the case 

 when he was going. He was a low-headed horse, and a 

 stout puller. It will be remembered, that, earlier in this 

 work, I stated that hard pulling was a habit to be carefully 

 discouraged in dealing with trotters; but that, at the same 

 time, tliere were many horses that could not or would not do 

 their best without pulling. Therefore, when a horse pulls, 

 I do not think it at all expedient to get rid of the pull by 

 means of punishing-bits, bridoons, or such-like devices. 

 Wlien a horse gets his head dovv^n in breaking, as Kemblo 

 Jackson did, it is a different matter; but the trotter that 

 goes at his best rate while pulling hard had best be borne 

 with. If you get rid of the pull by means of the appliances 

 I have alluded to, you will soon get rid of some of the trot. 



It is often said that a horse cannot pull hard and last ; and 

 this? is contrary to the facts I am about to mention. Trustee 

 lasted ; and he was a hard puller. Captain McGowan lasted ; 

 and he is the hardest-pulling horse in America, I suppose. 

 Dexter pulls a pound or two, I can assure you ; and he hasi 

 shown his capacity to go on. The truth is, that the pulling- 

 horses last well enough, but tlie drivers do not last so long, 



