TROTTING HORSE 



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Fig. 26. — American Trotter. 



and huge muscles are replaced by strong tendons. Short, 

 thick, coarse bones are replaced by more slender and re- 

 fined bones of great strength, smoothness, and hardness. 

 The hair is also finer than that of the draft horse. The 

 eyes are bright and clear, the chest is deep and full, and the 

 back short and strong ; all these points indicating endurance 

 and constitution. The joints are clean and strong, and the 

 feet of proportionate size and of extra good quality. 



Some Great Race Horses. — The history of the trotting 

 horse is associated with the racetrack, and records made 

 there have influenced the selection of breeding stock. The 

 horse. Messenger, imported to America in 1788 and traced 

 back to Thoroughbred stock, had a marked influence upon 



