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bone enough to carry twenty stone ; showed some blood, with a mixture of the 

 cart breed, such as we frequently see in farmers' hacks. Her neck was short, 

 her forehand well elevated, her shoulder deep and counter form, but not 

 oblique, nor was she proportionally deep in the girth. She had sufficient gen- 

 eral length, but was not long in the back, yet had plenty of room between her 

 ribs and huggon bones, with good fillets. Her quarters were amply spread 

 and stood well before. In her latter days she was a dashing goer, inclining to 

 run, but was never remarkable for speed, nor ever able, as I imderstand, to" 

 trot a mile in three minutes. In the year 1783, or thereabouts, she trotted over 

 the Epsom road sixteen miles in fifty-eight and one-half minutes, carrying 

 twelve stone. 



We have also an account of Black Tom, foaled about 1789, by 

 Black Smuo-gler, there being several Smugglers of considerable fame. 

 The dam of Black Tom was by Useful Cub. He was a Norfolk trot- 

 ter. When four years old he trotted sixteen miles in leSs than an 

 hour; when five years old he trotted sixteen and a half miles within 

 an hour, and in the same year trotted sixteen miles in fifty-seven min- 

 utes ten seconds. He made several other performances in about the 

 same time, beating the best horses in England. 



In this same connection it may be mentioned that in 1790 there 

 was imported from England a horse called Nimrod, and all his lifetime 

 called a Norfolk trotter. He was at all times claimed to be more than 

 an ordinary trotter. He was bred by T. Jenkinson, the owner of 

 Useful Cub, and he certifies that he was brother to that horse, " which 

 was the first trotter in the world." He also states that his dam was 

 by Golden Farmer, son of Sampson, and that both these latter horses 

 were in great repute in the breeding counties. 



The two animals last named bring us to about the days of old Bell- 

 founder, the sire of imported Bellfounder. 



Mr. Lawrence says of the trotters of this pei'iod that they were of 

 two distinct shapes — the one blood like, with the counter shoulder 

 and deep girth; the other of the round barrel and buttock, and too 

 often of the round-legged form. The former were obviously enough 

 bred from the first Shales and Pretender, both of which had half rac- 

 ing blood, the latter from Useful Cub. Those who were acquainted 

 with Bellfounder in this country, and who have studied the physical 

 conformation and blood traits of his descendants, will have no diffi- 

 culty in discovering the blood features and predominant characteris- 

 tics of both of these classes in clearly marked outline. 



As before stated, Bellfounder, while under the control of Col. 

 Jaques, was leased for a term of five years to some gentlemen in the 



