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a horse single, so that he will drive evenly on both reins, 

 rather than put him in double for six or seven months, and 

 get him to lugging on one rein. 



Go out on the speedway in New York, and you will see 

 that the trotters that bring the prizes are high class in every 

 respect ; they not only have speed, but they have manners ; 

 they understand, when they are brought around to the door, 

 that they are to stand quietly while their owner gets in ; 

 when the reins are taken up, to start easily and pleasantly ; 

 not to throw their heads up and down when a horse comes 

 up beside them, but just show by their manner that they 

 are ready to move along, and waiting for the necessary word 

 to be given and their speed called on ; but not boiling over, 

 trying to brush with every horse that may come up behind. 



The American Trotter as a Heavy Harness Horse. 



We can all remember when every American drove in a 

 light four-wheel carriage drawn by either a pair or single 

 horses, with a breast plate, over-draw check, breeching, etc., 

 a collar being only used for draft or job purposes. This was 

 the typical American hitch, and a most satisfactory one for 

 the trotter or roadster. 



When one thinks that it is only within a short time, so to 

 speak, that there has been a call for the heavy harness horse 

 in America, it can readily be seen how promptly the type 

 has been produced. 



At the last New York show I had the pleasure of spending 

 a good part of the week in the judges' ring with DeLancy 

 Kane, who brought the first four-in-hand coach to America 

 some thirty years ago. 



In England and France it has been a custom for years to 

 name the different coaches, for instance, "The Harkaway," 

 "The Rocket," etc. DeLancy Kane's imported English 

 coach was named the "Tally-Ho," and the name was rightly 

 lettered on the coach; consequently, every American, when 

 he saw a four-in-hand coach of any kind, at once called it a 

 "Tally-Ho," and the name, which at first was wrongly given, 

 is now understood everywhere, north, south, east and west. 



It was only a question of time when American gentlemen 



