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matter what the distance traversed in the race, 

 that the record, thus proportioned, for the 

 1,750-nietre distance differs only about two 

 seconds from the record for over three miles 

 speaks well for the endurance of the French 

 trotter. Not only this but the races are trotted 

 over turf tracks of the most uneven character, 

 to saddle from a standing start and the methods 

 employed by the French trainers are, in the 

 light of our American experience, execrable. 

 The French are the only people who have un- 

 dertaken to inject the element of trotting speed 

 into their coachers and this, briefly described 

 is the manner in which they have done it. 



It is obvious, however, that not all the fami- 

 lies in a breed of such promiscuous origin could 

 have developed speed at the trot. Nor has the 

 attempt been made to spread the trotting con- 

 formation and action over the entire strain. 

 Hence it comes about that there are two divi- 

 sions — the demi-sang trotteur and the demi- 

 sang carrossier, which terms being interpreted 

 mean French Coachers of the trotting type and 

 French Coachers of the coach horse type. As 

 it always has been in the evolution of any cer- 

 tain type one or more strains have given the 

 best results and so it is with the French trot- 

 ter. The blood of the phenomenal sire Fuschia 

 now dominates the entire French trotting fab- 

 ric, and as a sire of speed, according to 

 French limitations, the world has never seen 



