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DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN HORSE 



thing else the legitimate product of these conditions. 



The blood elements in his formation are also of great interest to 

 the student. It is mainly to the Thoroughbred influence that the 

 speed of the trotter is due. We have already seen that the Thor- 

 oughbred has been bred and developed for centuries for his 

 supreme speed at the running gait. From him the American 

 Trotter gets speed. By careful training and selection the gait has 

 been changed to the trot, which is more suitable to harness uses. 



MESSENGER. TROTTER 



Of the noted individuals that have contributed to the blood of the 

 trotter, imported MESSENGER, stands first and foremost. Per- 

 haps it would not be inaccurate to assert that the influence of Mes- 



" Have been selling your Qall Cure for eleven years and have never yet 

 found a case it did not help. 



W. W. Stevens & Co., Danbury, Conn. " 



