APPENDIX TO THE NEW EDITION, 



BY THE EDITOR. 



A NEW and improved edition of the Trotting Horse of* America 

 Laving been determined upon, it was deemed proper that a further 

 appendix by the editor should be added, in order that suitable 

 notice might be taken of those great facts which have recently 

 transpired. Since the first edition of this work was published in 

 1868, the best mile in harness has been beaten, and the pre- 

 mier place is now filled by Goldsmith Maid. Besides that, the 

 same mare has trotted all three heats in a race in less than 2m. 

 20s. each heat, no less than three times. Another matter of 

 great importance is the fact, that Lady Thorn, American Girl 

 George Palmer, and Judge Fullerton, have also all beaten 2in. 20s., 

 while two or three other trotters, still young as trotters, have 

 come so near that time, that they also may reasonably be ex 

 pected to surpass it before their career upon the turf is done. I 

 can see no reason for the belief or presumption, that the best rate 

 of the Trotting Horse of America, for a mile in harness, has been 

 reached, while many things seem to me to warrant the conclusion 

 that still further improvement, in that regard, is to be looked for 

 in the natural course of events. From the first beginning of 

 public trotting in this country, dovn to the present day, there 

 has been a steady increase in the speed of our trotting horses. 

 The causes of it have been in constant operation, and I believn 

 that the increase has been constantly going on. Sometimes thcr 

 has been an interval of some years, during which improveinen 



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