Yankee. The first horse to trot a mile inside of three 

 minutes, in America, so far as the records show, was "the 

 horse, Yankee, from New Haven, Conn.," which trotted a mile 

 on the Harlem, N. Y., course, in June, 1806, in 2:59. 



Year Books. The recognized authoritative publication 

 for all trotting and pacing records of the American turf, is 

 Wallace's Year Book, issued annually, of which nine volumes 

 have been published up to 1894. For the racing turf the 

 authority is Goodwin's [formerly Kirke's] Official Turf Guide, 

 published annually. 



Yeomanry Races. [Eng.] In the yeomanry races 

 those who enter are obliged to deliver despatches to an officer 

 known to be posted at a certain spot a given number of miles 

 away, across country. Each man carries his despatch, and the 

 first to place it in the hands of the officer, wins the race. 



Yielding". Responding. The act by which the horse 

 gives up resistance to the bit and reins, when the latter are 

 brought into tension to place the horse under control. 



Yoke. A metal attachment connected to the shaft of a 

 sulky by means of a clip and a forged beveled bolt, milled and 

 threaded to receive a nut, for the purpose of holding the upper 

 ends of the braces used to support the pneumatic wheel, when 

 attached to the high sulky. 



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