. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. THE HORSE 149 or four hundred yards. It often happened that these races were started by some tavern keeper, who offered one or more prizes to the victor ; "but," says the Ecuycr Nccrlandais, " the trot- ters must be lodged in the tavern keeper's stable, and whoso obtains the prize is e.\]X'cted to feast his rivals and supply them with a cer- tain number of bottles of ; In former times the Frisian races were trotted on hor
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. THE HORSE 149 or four hundred yards. It often happened that these races were started by some tavern keeper, who offered one or more prizes to the victor ; "but," says the Ecuycr Nccrlandais, " the trot- ters must be lodged in the tavern keeper's stable, and whoso obtains the prize is e.\]X'cted to feast his rivals and supply them with a cer- tain number of bottles of ; In former times the Frisian races were trotted on horseback on short-distance tracks. These have now given way to races in sulkies (light, single-seated vehicles) on tracks ranging that does not include horse racing among its many attractions. Many of the large cities also have race tracks, controlled by driving or racing associations, where annual meets are held, rival horses being sent fr<jm long dis- tances to compete for the money prizes and to contest for the favors of the large numbers of [jeople who gather daily to enjoy this royal sport. The gray race horse Messenger has ])]a\ed the most important jiart in founding the trot- ting breed in the United States. Our many k'^t-'f. \x in length from one-half mile to a mile, on which the Russian Orloff and the American trotter particularly distinguish themselves in the north of Europe and in the United States. This old popular amusement has become a science and an art, in which, however, the practical and profitable object is not lost sight of. Every effort is made to keep the trotting horse well balanced, that is to say, to keep him to his trot with the utmost possible rapidity without degen- erating into a gallop. The speed displayed in these races is something extraordinary. American people especially have always been enthusiastic supporters of trotting races, and to-day there is scarcely a county or state fair famous families of trotting horses have been bu
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