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the thoroughbred trotter when on a trotting gait and the 

 excessive knee action of the hackney. Flying Jib is in 

 reality a trotting-bred horse, and, while a pacer, has more 

 of the typical formation of a trotter than of his pacing 

 class. And I might say here that the pacing formation is 

 essentially that of a trotting horse, having generally the 

 peculiarity of a sloping shoulder and more particularly of 

 a drooping rump. But our fastest pacers can almost all 

 be traced back to Hambletonian, and I include in this 

 generalization both Flying Jib and Direct. But the trot- 

 ter is not really an established type. The old saying con- 

 cerning a trotter, "he trots in all shapes," still holds good. 

 But we are approaching a type, and that very rapidly. 

 Senator Stanford and others have done much to bring 

 this change about, and the lover of the horse has much to 

 thank these men for. 



The type of the trotter when he comes will be a horse 

 15.3 hands high, weighing, in ordinary condition, 1,100 

 pounds. His eyes, neck, ears and head will approach 

 those of the thoroughbred, although made on a shade 

 larger and on a somewhat coarser scale. He will be a 

 stronger made horse in all respects, inclined to be more 

 round in his body, heavier quartered, not so angular as 

 the thoroughbred and of a more tractable and kind dis- 

 position. 



Writing of the disposition of horses recalls vividly to 

 my mind the love of the late Mr. Vanderbilt for Maud S., 

 and that affection can be found between the owner or 

 trainer of almost every trotter in the country and the ani- 

 mal. When you buy a runner you expect some one else to 

 ride him. The trotter is your "fun." You take him in 

 hand and he wheels you at a bracing speed, and in every 

 movement you note the "fine spirits" of the animal. I 



