a horse of endurance to trot two or three one-mile heats 
in a single afternoon. 
At first these trotters were raced under the saddle. 
A short time later the light racing wagon was devel¬ 
oped. Flora Temple was pulling one of these specially 
built four-wheeled racing wagons when she set a trot¬ 
ting record in 1859. Then the sulky with two large 
wheels came into favor, and finally, the modern, light¬ 
weight, bicycle sulky was developed. 
The sport of harness racing has been growing in 
importance since the first Standard Bred trotters and 
pacers were developed, and today is enjoying great 
popularity. 
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