. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Average Extreme Speed 1820 to 1830 1S30 to 1840 : 1840 to 1850 ^ 1850 to i860 i860 to 1870 ^4: 1870 to 1880 1880 to 1890 ^ iSgo to igoo ~-°3/i igoi to igo7 i-SS^^ This evolution of speed is due to skill inbreeding and training and to improved tracks,appliances, and methods. Just what rate of speed the trotter will ulti-mately attain is a question much discussed, andany attempt to answer is the merest view of the fact that the trotting breed isstill in its infancy, and that the ave
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. Average Extreme Speed 1820 to 1830 1S30 to 1840 : 1840 to 1850 ^ 1850 to i860 i860 to 1870 ^4: 1870 to 1880 1880 to 1890 ^ iSgo to igoo ~-°3/i igoi to igo7 i-SS^^ This evolution of speed is due to skill inbreeding and training and to improved tracks,appliances, and methods. Just what rate of speed the trotter will ulti-mately attain is a question much discussed, andany attempt to answer is the merest view of the fact that the trotting breed isstill in its infancy, and that the average of. Dan Patch ^ extreme trotting speed is still advancing, itwould be absurd to a hmit and a time whenprogress will suddenly cease. Of course im-provement in speed becomes more difficult asthe rate increases, but we may yet see manyold records broken and many new championscome into favor and fame. If in one century oftime more than fifty seconds were clipped fromthe record, surely in another century may wenot expect a quarter or even half as much ? IX. The Treatment of HorsesThe services that the horse renders to man, in 1806 in contrast with the ^ of Lou and the pleasures he procures for him, giveDillon in 1904, we have a difference of .51^ in him a right to conscientious care, good food,a century. and charitable treatment. Yet how often these THE HORSE 151 duties to the animal are unfulfilled ! Chicagois said to be the hell of horses, but ocular wit-nesses say that compared with St. Petersburgit is their paradise. The Russian peasant givessoft names to his horses, butoften
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