170 GUN, EOD, AND SADDLE. 



the tliorougli-brcd, who are much in tlie minority in 

 nnnihcrs) owe tlieir origin to difterent sources, tliat 

 trotting is a national characteristic of the one, gal- 

 loping or cantering of the other, and the moi'e I 

 have seen of the tAvo races the more thoroughly am 

 I convinced that such is the case. In Kentucky, 

 when visiting the farm of an extensive hreedei-, and 

 who has bred and owned some of the most celebra- 

 ted race and trotting horses in that State, I inspected 

 both his droves of young ones, the race-horses and 

 the trotters (for both Inmilies are kept separate and 

 distinct), and was very much struck with the marked 

 difference in their appearance ; the latter being heavy 

 chested, large limbed, small headed with tapering 

 muzzle, while the tail was generally set on very low. 

 However, if they diifered in appeai-ance, in man- 

 ner and habit they were more essentially unlike: 

 wlien you alarmed the thorough-breds, ofl^they went 

 at a swinging gallop; if the trotters, their favorite 

 pace would be chosen, and in few instances, how- 

 ever much you might coei'ce them to increase their 

 speed, could they be induced to break, and it 

 must be borne in mind that tlie majority had not 

 yet ])assed into the breaker's hands, so that their 

 action was natural. 



