. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS (if $24,000, the stallion Ormond, granclsire of Fhing Fox, who had a defect in breathing. Bought by the Argentine Republic, this horse was afterward sold in this country for the sum of $105,000. All this proves that other countries besides the United States value piu'e blood and are taking interest in races and the breeding of racing horses. YIII. Tkottixi; The trot is a method of progression that is more or less
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS (if $24,000, the stallion Ormond, granclsire of Fhing Fox, who had a defect in breathing. Bought by the Argentine Republic, this horse was afterward sold in this country for the sum of $105,000. All this proves that other countries besides the United States value piu'e blood and are taking interest in races and the breeding of racing horses. YIII. Tkottixi; The trot is a method of progression that is more or less artificial and accjuired ; it is imknown, one might say, to horses in their natural state, their jjrimitive gait being either a walk or a gallop. Certain horses and certain breeds have shown more disposition than others to acquire the trot, and as a result of breed- ing with that end constantly in view, races of trotters have been formed of which the Dutch, or Frisian, is the most ancient. Others came later, like the Norfolk trotter of Eng- land, the Russian OrloiT, the English Hackney, and the American trotter, but hi every case the Frisian trotter contributed to produce them. in studying the subject of breeding horses, whose value depends on speed at a certain gait. The order or movement in the trot is left fore foot, right hind foot, right fore foot,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Voogt, Gos de, 1863-1918; Wormeley, Katharine Prescott; Burkett, Charles William, 1873- ed. Boston, Ginn & Company
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