. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ards. It often happened thatthese races were started by some tavern keeper,who offered one or more prizes to the victor; but, says the Ecuycr Necrlaiidais, the trot-ters must be lodged in the tavern keepersstable, and whoso obtains the prize is expectedto feast his rivals and supply them with a cer-tain number of bottles of wine. In former times the Parisian races weretrotted on horseback on short-distance have now given way to races in sulkies(light, single-seated vehicles) on tracks rar.^ing that does not includ
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. ards. It often happened thatthese races were started by some tavern keeper,who offered one or more prizes to the victor; but, says the Ecuycr Necrlaiidais, the trot-ters must be lodged in the tavern keepersstable, and whoso obtains the prize is expectedto feast his rivals and supply them with a cer-tain number of bottles of wine. In former times the Parisian races weretrotted on horseback on short-distance have now given way to races in sulkies(light, single-seated vehicles) on tracks rar.^ing that does not include horse racing among itsmany attractions. Many of the large citiesalso have race tracks, controlled by driving orracing associations, where annual meets areheld, rival horses being sent from long dis-tances to compete for the money prizes andto contest for the favors of the large numbersof people who gather daily to enjoy this royalsport. The gray race horse Messenger has playedthe most important part in founding the trot-ting breed in the United States. Our many. m^^i&i in length from one-half mile to a mile, on whichthe Russian Orloff and the American trotterparticularly distinguish themselves in the northof Europe and in the United States. This oldpopular amusement has become a science andan art, in which, however, the practical andprofitable object is not lost sight of. Everyeffort is made to keep the trotting horse wellbalanced, that is to say, to keep him to his trotwith the utmost possible rapidity without degen-erating into a gallop. The speed disjilayed inthese races is something extraordinary. American people especially have always beenenthusiastic supporters of trotting races, andto-day there is scarcely a county or state fair famous families of trotting horses have beenbuilt upon Messenger, who was imported tothis country during the latter part of theeighteenth century. This famous horse wasfoaled in 17S0 in England. Me was sired byMambrino out of a daughter of Turf
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