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sentatives, Marshland Shales (No. 435 of the 

 stud book), whose sire was Thistleton Shales (a 

 son of Scot Shales) and his dam by Hue and 

 Cry, above mentioned, making him strongly 

 inbred to the Scot Shales. This horse was a 

 chestnut, foaled 1802, stood 14| hands high, and 

 had a remarkably heavy crest, which in old age 

 fell over considerably a peculiarity which re- 

 appears in many of his descendants to this day. 

 In his day he was regarded by the people of 

 Norfolk, and the North of England generally, 

 as the greatest trotter that the world had ever 

 produced. In August, 1810, he u trotted a match 

 race of over seventeen miles, carrying over 

 twelve stone," and won in 56 minutes. He 

 trotted many races and it is said was never 

 beaten. 



I have given the foregoing particulars (con- 

 densed mainly from Mr. Euren's Stud Book) 

 concerning a few of the noted Norfolk trotters 

 the original of the more modern Hackney 

 of seventy-five and one hundred years ago, in 

 order to show that as early as the beginning of 

 the present century the horses of Norfolk and 

 the North of England had acquired a high rep- 

 utation as trotters and road horses; and while 

 the authenticity of many of these very re- 

 markable performances has been questioned it 

 is clearly established that the Norfolk trotters 

 of that period were able to trot long distances 



