1 8 THE DIFFERENT BREEDS. 



of inferior stock, all horses not authorized by Government are 

 excluded from service. Besides this, large sums are annually 

 expended as prizes for choice colts reared under governmen- 

 tal auspices. 



STANDARDBRED HORSES. 



A Thoroughbred horse is usually understood to be a running 

 horse, while a Standardbred is one bred to trot. America 



RYSDYCK'S HAMIJLKTONIAN. 



and Russia are the only two countries where that artificial 

 gait, the trot, has been bred for and highly developed. The 

 importation of the thoroughbred Messenger, in 1788, was the 

 beginning of an interest in trotting in this country and Canada. 

 To-day almost every American trotting horse traces his pedi- 

 gree back to old Messenger, who was foaled in 1780, and who 

 in turn was descended from Barley's Arabian. Messenger 

 was gray, and was 15.3 hands high. He was an animal of 



