114 THE HORSE. 



we are allowing other nations to overtake 

 us, and, unless we bestir ourselves in 

 time, shall be defeated. 

 Courses for As race meetings in the past have 



trotting' races 



ought to be markedly contributed to perfectins: the 



instituted. •^ L i^ 



galloping of the thorough-bred, would 

 not the institution of arenas for trotting 

 matches in more than one ^lace in Great 

 Britain constitute an incentive to the 

 production of fast trotters ? 



We boast in our possession of the 

 finest shaped horses, and yet are cele- 

 brated as regards pace in only producing 

 the fastest galloper. American trotters 

 derived from similar sources to our own 

 can beat us at any distance, and eleven 

 TheAmerican ycars ago the American Prioress was the 



Prioress. 



fastest four mile mare in England on the 

 flat. 



