. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORSES—HORSES PROPER. 411 fast trotters. As may be expected, the Horses de- scending from all these mentioned half-bloods vary widely in appearance and capacity of performance. They may be light, medium or heavy, and serve as excellent saddle, carriage or strong working Horses; some are distinguished by their immense draught- power. Although allied by ties of close relationship to the English thoroughbred, the American trotting Horse has been developed u
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE HORSES—HORSES PROPER. 411 fast trotters. As may be expected, the Horses de- scending from all these mentioned half-bloods vary widely in appearance and capacity of performance. They may be light, medium or heavy, and serve as excellent saddle, carriage or strong working Horses; some are distinguished by their immense draught- power. Although allied by ties of close relationship to the English thoroughbred, the American trotting Horse has been developed upon lines so peculiarly its own as to be entitled to classification as a national variety. It has been shown by several writers that fast trotting is not natural to the Horse family. If the Horse wishes to go quickly it runs or gallops, and only trots when inclined to leisure. In an early day in New England there was a prejudice against Horse racing, and Horses were encouraged to trot. The American Tiotting Horse the Best. The Shetland Horses of the largest breeds often Pony the Smallest attain a height of seventy-two inches of the Horses. anci over at t]ie w;thers; the antitypes of them are the ponies, which are often but half this size. The smallest Horse, the Shetland Pony, has a full, long, shaggy mane and a bushy tail, and is fre- quently only thirty-six inches high, and sometimes only thirty-four or even thirty-three inches in height, and having no greater physical proportions than those of a large Dog. Distribution of Nowadays the tame Horse is distrib- the Domestic uted nearly all over the globe. It is Horse. absent in only the coldest regions and on several islands, where as yet, by reason of lack of use, it has not been introduced. It is bred in. J&&S*£«*aG»y *.« ^^yMMU^fepMip- -^^^J^l&gdSwiSfeSfa' rfSSa^s*"^ THE AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE. This is a portrait of " George Wilkes " the famous American trotter. He was foaled in 1856 and died
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