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LIGHT HORSES ! BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



In 1834 Edwin Forrest lowered the technical record to 2:31 4, 

 on the Centerville Course, Long Island. Mr. W. H. Brewer 

 gives the following table of increasing speed. We add to 

 his list the more recent performances : 



1818 Boston Blue ............ 3:0 



1821 Top Gallant ........... 2:43 



1824 Top Gallant ............ 2:40 



1824 The Treadwell Mare 2:34 



1830 Burster .................. 2:32 



1854 Edwin Forrest ......... 2:31^ 



1845 Lady Suffolk ............ 2:29^ 



1849 Pelham ................. 2:28 



1853 Highland Maid ......... 2:27 



1856 Flora Temple ......... 2:24^ 



1859 Flora Temple ........ 2:23^ 



1859 Flora Temple ......... 2:22 



1859 Flora Temple ......... 2:21^ 



1859 Flora Temple ......... 2:19! 



1865 Dexter .................. 2:i8 



1867 Dexter .................. 2:17^ 



1871 Goldsmith Maid ...... 2:17 



1872 Goldsmith Maid ...... 2:i6f 



1874 Goldsmith Maid 2:15^ 



1874 Goldsmith Maid 2:14! 



1874 Goldsmith Maid 2:14 



1878 Rarus 2:13$ 



1879 St. Julien 2:i2f 



1880 St. Julien 2:1 ij 



1880 St. Julien 2:ii 



1880 Maud S 2:10^ 



1881 Maud S 2:loJ 



1881 Maud S 2:io| 



1884 Tan-Eye-See 2:10 



1884 Maud S 2:093 



1884 Maud S 2:09; 



1885 Maud S 2:o8i 



1891 Sunol 2:08; 



1892 Nancy Hanks 2:07; 



1892 Nancy Hanks 2:05; 



1892 Nancy Hanks 2:04 



Other good records are those of Axtell 2:12, Allerton 2:09^, 

 and Directum 2:05^. 



These figures show how the time required to trot a mile has 

 gradually been reduced. A good deal might be said in refer- 

 ence to the changes in the formation of the tracks and to the 

 use of pneumatic-tyred sulkies, but space will not permit of 

 detail on these points. 



The following notes on the breeding and management of 

 trotters were written for us some time ago by Mr. R. C. Auld, 

 Chicago : 



" Secretary Tracy voiced the popular sentiment when he 

 declared * that to get trotters, you must breed to trotters ; and 

 to attain the highest possible rate of speed at the trotting gait 

 you must continually blend those strains that possess the 

 greatest stamina and nerve force with those that possess the 

 highest form of trotting speed. I am a believer in a thorough- 

 bred foundation in the trotter, nevertheless, provided that it 

 came from the best sources. I do not, however, like it so 

 close up as do Mr. Robert Bonner and Senator Stanford. 

 Safety in breeding lies in matching like with like. In other 



