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tance trotting. Such records, it remains to be said, are 
of use only to enable us to understand the original char- 
acteristics of the breed, not for their official value to es- 
tablish the reputation of the Hackney of the present day, 
for speed at the trot, for either long or short distances. 
It is to be remembered, also, that these records, if they 
may be called such, are in nearly all instances dependent 
on hearsay and not on official trials over measured dis- 
tances. It is said that Driver (187), already referred to, 
trotted 17 miles within the hour, and Fireaway is credited 
with having trotted 2 miles in 5 minutes. The perform- 
ance that is most noteworthy is that credited to the mare 
Phenomena, that in July, 1800, trotted 17 miles in 56 
minutes, and shortly afterward repeated the same per- 
formance in 53 minutes. Attention has been drawn to 
the fact that it was not until 1849 that Trustee, in America, 
trotted 20 miles in 59 minutes and 353 seconds. The 
mare’s rate would be 20 miles in 623 minutes, showing 
that at that early day the Hackney or Norfolk trotter 
was noted for ability to trot long distances, with speed 
unusual at that time. 
The secretary of the Hackney Horse Society, Mr. 
Euren, in the first volume of the stud-book, credits the 
era of railroad building with dampening the ardor of the 
breeders of Hackneys; and, for a time, the breed did not 
receive much hearty support. A revival came in a very 
decided manner with the advent of exhibitions, and 
especially with the inauguration of horse-shows. Until 
the breed began to attract notice for heavy-harness and 
high-stepping purposes, they were not very largely im- 
ported from England, nor did they attain their present 
popularity in England. It was in the spring of 1893 that 
the first notable Hackney exhibition was held in England. 
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