Agriculture .. . eorder named are most common. Gray and black are occasionally seen. It is a clearly es-tablished fact that inthe Thoroughbredthe blood circulatesmore rapidly than inhorses of most otherbreeds, and this isconsidered a mostvaluable characteris-tic since it givesenergy and recupera-tive power. There ismuch difference be-tween the Thorough-bred and most other breeds in nervous organization. The Thoroughbred isbold, fearless, ambitious, full of life and energy, and, with the ambition to doall things, he has the ability in his powerful lungs and well-developed bony,muscular, circula
Agriculture .. . eorder named are most common. Gray and black are occasionally seen. It is a clearly es-tablished fact that inthe Thoroughbredthe blood circulatesmore rapidly than inhorses of most otherbreeds, and this isconsidered a mostvaluable characteris-tic since it givesenergy and recupera-tive power. There ismuch difference be-tween the Thorough-bred and most other breeds in nervous organization. The Thoroughbred isbold, fearless, ambitious, full of life and energy, and, with the ambition to doall things, he has the ability in his powerful lungs and well-developed bony,muscular, circulatory, and nervous systems. The Thoroughbred of the besttype has remarkable endurance, being able to travel on the run farther andfaster than animals of any other breed. Thoroughbred horses are muchused in England as hunters and riding horses. They are used to a consider-able extent in this country for similar purposes, but both in England and inthis country they are very largely bred and kept for racing Fig. 205. Thoroughbred Mare, Black Maria, an Animal of GreatSpeed and Endurance. After Forester. 602 A GKICUL TUNE ; 595. American Trotting and Roadster horses*—It can as yet hardlybe claimed that American Trotting horses constitute a distinct breed. Thatwe have better trotting horses in-this country than in any other will beeverywhere admitted. The development of horses of this type appears tobe due primarily to the fondness of the American people for driving on theroad. For this purpose fast and stout horses are needed. As a means oftesting these horses, public trials of speed at the trot have been growing in-creasingly common for nearly one hundred years. A number of rather dis-tinct families in American Trotting horses are recognized. All of these owevery much to the Thoroughbred — more to imported Messenger than to anyother single animal. Mingled with the blood of the Thoroughbred there ismore or less of the blood of the common stock of the country, but with
Size: 1989px × 1256px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectagricul, bookyear1901
