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TROTTING HORSES. 
HE trotting horse plays an important part in the 
daily life of the whole community, being con- 
cerned, as Dr. Holmes has pointed out, even in the 
early conveyance of milk-cans and in the prompt 
delivery of fresh rolls. These humble offices have 
actually been performed by horses who afterward 
acquired fame upon the track. Several years ago an 
old Dutchman, living in Western New York and en- 
gaged in the milk business, was astonished and not a 
little frightened by the pace which his beast set up 
one frosty morning. The cart was bounced over the 
pavements of the city where his route lay, the cans 
hopped and rattled in their seats, and the driver lost 
his breath. But he had no sooner recovered it than 
