454 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



Fastest trotting and pacing records 



Trotting records Pacing records 



1 mile Peter Manning (1922). .. 1:56 s^ Dan Patch (1905) 1:55^ 



2 miles The Harvester (1910) . . . 4:15^ Dan Patch (1903) 4:17 



3 miles Nightingale (1893) 6:55M Elastic Pointer (1909) 7:31^ 



4 miles Senator L. (1894) 10:12 Joe Jefferson (1891) 10:10 



Smiles Zambra (1902) 12:24 Lady St. Clair (1874) 12:54^ 



10 miles Pascal (1893) 26:15 



Stallion Lee Axworthy (1916). . . . 1:58^ Dan Patch (1905) 1:55 Ji 



„ XT jj /1Qoo^ 1.KC1/ /Miss Harris M. (1917) 1:58J4 



Mare Nedda (1922) 1:58K (Margaret Dillon (1922). . . . 1:58^ 



Gelding Peter Manning (1922). . . 1:56% Frank Bogash Jr. (1914). . . 1:59 J^ 



Yearling Airdale (1912) 2:15% Frank Perry (1911) 2:15 



2-year-old. . .The Real Lady (1916). . . 2:04% Direct the Work (1917). . . . 2:06H 



3-year-old . . . Sister Bertha (1920) 2:02% Anna Bradford (1914) 2:00% 



4-year-old. . . Arion Guy (1921) 1:59^ William (1914) 2:00 



5-year-old. . .Peter Manning (1921). . . 1:57% William (1915) 1:58^ 



Under saddle.Country Jay (1909) 2:08% George Gano (1915) 2:10% 



Team Uhlan and Lewis Forrest Minor Heir and George 



(1912) 2:03% Gano (1912) 2:02 



2. Stamina or endurance.— Most racing, both amateur and pro- 

 fessional, is at mile heats over half-mile or mile tracks. Some races 

 are two in three, and some three in five, heats. Not until some horse 

 has succeeded in winning the necessary two or three heats is the race 

 decided. For this reason, some races extend into very gruelling con- 

 tests. Some horses show a wonderful burst of speed for a quarter of 

 a mile or so, and then quit. These horses are said to "lack bottom," 

 by which is meant a lack of stamina or endurance. Stamina means 

 ability to go a mile at speed, and to repeat the mile, two, three, or more 

 times, with intermissions of not less than 25 minutes. To accomplish 

 this requires heart and lungs of the first order, together with a well- 

 developed muscular system. On the speedway and snowpath there is 

 a great deal of brush racing, that is, racing over short distances of vary- 

 ing lengths, depending on the wishes of the drivers and the ease or 

 difficulty in passing opponents. This is usually not so severe as a 

 regular racing program, provided the horse has been properly condi- 

 tioned and trained. 



3. Durability. — It is readily apparent that the work required of 

 the light-harness horse is of such a nature as demands the best of feet 

 and legs. This t3T)e of horse has a decided advantage over the carriage 

 horse and drafter, in that he works on a much more yielding footing, 

 yet the high rate of speed puts his feet and legs to a very severe test, 

 and many horses with speed and stamina have their usefulness and 

 value greatly lessened because of failure to keep sound when called 

 upon to go through a strenuous racing campaign or do a large amount 

 of work on the road. 



4. The temperament must be decidedly sanguine, which gives 

 courage, willingness, and promptness, with no sluggishness. 



