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horses believe that these breeds can furnish ani- 

 mals of the requisite qualities and that they have 

 produced many very fine ones is beyond dispute. 

 'The overwhelming majority of fine carriage horses 

 in the United States to-day, however, are of 

 strictly American breeding, nor is it necessary for 

 the man who wants to raise such stock to look to 

 the imported breeds. The materials are already 

 at his hand if only selected with care and judg- 

 ment. It has even been stated that the American- 

 bred horse is preferred in the market. The truth 

 of this, as far as judging a horse by his blood is 

 concerned, may be doubted, but, judged as an in- 

 dividual, a certain type of horse is preferred and 

 that type is most frequently produced from 

 American blood. And, personally, I doubt if any 

 horse of the imported breeds can equal in beauty, 

 style and action the best horses of American 

 breeding. 



But without any well-established breed of 

 American carriage horses, where do these horses 

 come from ? And where is the breeder to look who 

 wants to raise horses like them? We may reply, 

 off-hand, by saying that a very large number are 

 more or less trotting bred, a statement that can 

 be better understood from the fact, already men- 

 tioned, that there are to-day many breeders of 

 trotters who aim at type, beauty, and finish rather 



