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Animal Husbandry 
The following table contains the world’s records for the more 
important events: — 
Trotting Recorps 
Event Name or Horse PLACE Date | Recorp 
Half mile Major Delmar | Memphis, Tenn. | 1904 0.594 
One mile Uhlan Memphis, Tenn. | 1912 1.58 
Two miles The Harvester | Lexington, Ky. 1910 4.154 
Five miles Zambora 1902 | 12.24 
Pacina ReEcorps 
Event Name or Horse PLACE DatTE : ReEcorp 
Half mile Dan Patch Memphis, Tenn. | 1903 0.56 
One mile Dan Patch Memphis, Tenn. | 1905 1.553 
Two miles Dan Patch Macon, Ga. 1903 AAT 
Five miles Lady St. Clair | San Francisco 1874 | 12.542 
THE COACH BREEDS OF HORSES 
The several breeds of coach horses are useful for stylish action 
and heavy carriage or coach work. They owe their origin and 
improvement, in part at least, to the light breeds, particularly 
‘the Thoroughbred and Arabian. These two breeds did much to 
decrease the size and improve the action as well as to increase the 
endurance of the coach breeds. 
18. The Hackney coach horse. — This breed of horses was 
developed in Norfolk and Yorkshire, England, and was formerly 
spoken of as the Norfolk Trotter. The active development of 
the Hackney began in the eighteenth century by the importation 
of Arabian, Barb, and Turkish horses, which were crossed on the 
mares of Norfolk. Thoroughbreds were also used in the early 
