. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. f ;g 105,000. All this proves that other countries besidesthe United States value pure blood and aretaking interest in races and the breeding ofracing horses. VIII. Trotting RacesThe trot is a method of progression that ismore or less artificial and acquired; it isunknown, one might say, to horses in theirnatural state, their primitive gait being eithera walk or a gallop. Certain horses and certainbreeds have shown more disposition than othersto acquire the trot, and as a result of breed-ing with that end constantly in view, r
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. f ;g 105,000. All this proves that other countries besidesthe United States value pure blood and aretaking interest in races and the breeding ofracing horses. VIII. Trotting RacesThe trot is a method of progression that ismore or less artificial and acquired; it isunknown, one might say, to horses in theirnatural state, their primitive gait being eithera walk or a gallop. Certain horses and certainbreeds have shown more disposition than othersto acquire the trot, and as a result of breed-ing with that end constantly in view, racesof trotters have been formed of which theDutch, or Frisian, is the most ancient. Otherscame later, like the Norfolk trotter of Eng-land, the Russian Orloff, the English Hackney,and the American trotter, but in every case theFrisian trotter contributed to produce them. in studying the subject of breeding horses,whose value depends on speed at a certaingait. The order or movement in the trot isleft fore foot, right hind foot, right fore foot, M ^ kf* f^r If ™. Trinqueur, French Tkuttkr To persons accustomed to horses the differ-ences of the various gaits are familiar, but tofix them thoroughly in mind is a first necessity CRESCEUS )4 left hind foot. Thus the left fore foot and righthind foot move in unison, striking the groundtogether; then in turn the right fore foot andleft hind foot complete the revolution, makingthe trot a diagonal gait. The pace or ambleis an entirely different gait, the feet of eachside moving in unison, makinga lateral order of progressioninstead of the diagonal as inthe trot. Sport with trotting horsesis quite ancient in the LowCountries of Europe; it isone of the oldest amusementsthere, together with skating,tennis, and partridge shoot-ing. It has certainly con-tributed to form a race oftrotters which now enjoys aEuropean reputation. Thebest horses of the Dutchbreed were bought by othercountries, and by couplingthem with the supple andmore fier
Size: 1787px × 1399px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidourdomesticanima01voog
