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THE HORSE 



rider. In localities where saddle-horses are needed it is 



a common thing to see horses which, when ridden, go at 



all the saddle gaits, but when driven are square trotters. 



Changed conditions in America have now made the 



FlG. 9. Lou Dillon, 1:58%, holder of the world's trotting record 



saddle-horse chiefly of use for pleasure, and the trotter 

 overshadows him in importance. 



For racing purposes the trotting -horse has a rival 

 in America in the modern pacer, a variety that has 

 been vastly improved within the past twenty -five years. 

 (Reference is made to what is given under the heading, 

 "The Pacing Horse.") 



While the trotting -horse had reached a degree of 



