234 A TREATISE ON HORSE-BREEDING. 



minutes, while five American horses have ac- 

 complished that feat. Another point of con- 

 trast, in which the American trotter shows at 

 a great advantage over his Russian competitor, 

 appears to be in campaigning qualities. The 

 oldest reported Orloff winner is twelve years. 

 Goldsmith Maid was in her prime at twenty. 

 Pietel, the most noted Orloff campaigner, was 

 a winner for four successive years; the Maid 

 was a winner for thrice that length of time, 

 while most of our great trotters have steadily 

 improved until they were fifteen or sixteen 

 years of age. 



It is also worthy of note that while the 

 Russian trotter appears to have attained his 

 maximum of speed several years ago, the im- 

 provement on the part of our American horses 

 in this respect, within the past ten years, has 

 been truly wonderful. Certainly the showing 

 for speed and endurance of the Orloff trotter 

 does not compare favorably with the American, 

 although the former undoubtedly possesses both 

 of these qualities to a high degree. It is 

 claimed, however, that in beauty of form the 

 Orloff is greatly the superior of our American 

 production; but here, again, I must be permit- 

 ted to put in a demurrer; for, if the animals 

 that I have seen may be taken as fair speci- 

 mens of the breed, the facts are certainly the 

 reverse of this statement. Our breeders will 



