Chapter X 



THE BRITISH-BRED TROTTER 



The most valuable and appreciated animal is the one 

 with clean action, wearing the least artificial appliances 

 to balance. The true horseman will avoid as much as 

 possible the burdensome, unsightly, irritating and expen- 

 sive devices used to balance or, rather, cause the horse 

 for the time being to exert itself at a particular gait. 



It is a regrettable fact (and one that time alone can 

 remedy) that from the very beginning the trotter and 

 pacer were not bred as two distinct strains and breeds. 

 If such precautions had been taken from the beginning 

 we would have at the present time two breeds — ^trotters 

 and pacers — of a very high state of perfection, which would 

 hold a standard in the art of domestic breeding. 



As circumstances are with the light harness race- 

 horse at the present time, there are numerous ideas 

 that require consideration to help the animal to success 

 in the racing game. 



I can give no more than a few fundamental principles 



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