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circumstances are altered. Hence we 

 are occasionally beginning to find weight 

 enough in the trotting end of the scale 

 to tip the beam that way. When, if ever, 

 it can be done, as we believe it will be, 

 with sufficient frequency to pay for at- 

 tempting it, we anticipate much general 

 improvement in the capacity of trotting 

 sires, to pro- stock ; but for the present it is safe to 



duce trotters, . 



must be assume that more general success will be 



selected from 



trotting h a d by sticking to trotting lines, or taking 



strains, not J 



. the thorough blood with a strong trotting 

 cross already engrafted." 



The American trotting strains may not 

 now be improved upon by intercourse 

 with the English thorough-bred, but the 

 pure-bred Arabian, with his movements 

 on the trot and walk, always better than 

 the British racer, and in many instances 



