RACE-HORSES. 



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they are too ardent, too excited, from the moment they appear on the 

 track until the end of the race. 



FIG. 335. Trotter in harness. 



Fazan, Russian stallion of the Orloff variety. (Reproduced from a photograph belonging to M. 



Delton.) 



Preferred Coats. Properly speaking, there are not, among 

 trotters under harness, any preferable coats. It may simply be said 

 that the dark colors, bay or sorrel, are always the most esteemed. 



Price. The price of geldings and mares varies from $600 to $2000 

 and even $40,000. Stallions are much more expensive ; to our knowl- 

 edge there are some which have brought as much as $105,000 in 

 America. Here, again, the differences of price result from causes of 

 the same nature as those which influence the value of race-horses in 

 general ; such are the pedigree (genealogy), the conformation, the gaits, 

 the performances (trials undergone), races won, etc. We will dwell no 

 further upon these. 



Origin. Several countries are renowned for their trotting-horses. 

 The United States, England, Russia, and France furnish the most 

 remarkable examples. The American trotter has only lately been im- 

 ported into Europe ; the English is bred mostly in Norfolk and also in 

 Yorkshire ; the Russian is found in the stud of Orloff ; as to the French, 

 he comes especially from Normandy, more rarely from the Ardennes. 



