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AMERICAN The American Trotter or Roadster purely an American 

 TROTTERS breed requires as its chief points stamina and speed. It 

 is next in size to the carriage horse, standing 15^4 or under 

 16 hands high. It should not weigh over 1,100 Ibs. and should show lean, 

 angular development. Roadsters should have less "show," but straight 

 true action. A long stride, the secret of our great running records, should 

 always be a marked characteristic. 



Prior to 1806 no trotting horse had taken a record of a mile in less 

 than three minutes; but in that year a horse called Yankee made a record 

 of 2:59, at Harlem, N. Y. Nearly a century passed before the time was 

 cut to less than two minutes by Lou Dillon. The following trotting 

 record will revive some interesting if not thrilling recollections: Lady 

 Suffolk 2:29^ in 1845, Flora Temple 2:19^ in 1859, Dexter 2:17^ in 1867, 

 Goldsmith Maid 2:14 in 1874, Rarus 2:13^ in 1878, St. Julian 2:12^ in 

 1879, Jay Eye See 2:10 in 1884, Maud S. 2:08^4 in 1885, Sunol 2:Wy 2 in 

 1889, Nancy Hanks 2:04 in 1892, Aliz 2:03^ in 1894, The Abbott 2:03^ in 

 1900, Cresceus 2:02^ in 1902, Major Delmar 1 :59& in 1903 and Lou Dillon 

 in 1903. 



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