THE STANDARDBRED HORSE 



Carl W. Gay 

 Professor of Animal Industry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Standardbred has a peculiar signifi- 

 cance to JSTew York State farmers. America 

 has produced comparatively few breeds of 

 live stock, our demands in milk, meat and 

 power being met bj representatives of 

 foreign breeds that have been transplanted. 

 To be sure some, as the Holstein cattle, 

 may be so successfully bred here as to prac- 

 tically render importation unnecessary. 

 Our supply of pork products is derived 

 chiefly from breeds of our own creation and 

 we think we have developed a saddle horse without a peer in his 

 class, but the only American breeds which have attracted marked 

 attention and demand abroad are Standardbred horses and Merino 

 sheep, both of which have been exported in large numbers. 



Fig. 2. Green Mountain Maid in 1873 



(From " Productive Horse Hushandry ' ' — Courtesy of J. B. Lippincott , Publishers) 



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