. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. Orloff Trotters. 1^1 "Smolenska, from a Danish mare, got Vulcan, who was the sire of Barss, out of a Dutch mare. Barss exhibited extraordinary trotting powers ; and all the modern trotters of Russia trace their lineage up to him, and to daughters of Smolenska, out of English and Arab mares. Count Orloff also obtained from England two sons
. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. Orloff Trotters. 1^1 "Smolenska, from a Danish mare, got Vulcan, who was the sire of Barss, out of a Dutch mare. Barss exhibited extraordinary trotting powers ; and all the modern trotters of Russia trace their lineage up to him, and to daughters of Smolenska, out of English and Arab mares. Count Orloff also obtained from England two sons of Eclipse, two sons of Highflyer, and the winners of the St. Leger in 1798 and of the Derby in £794, Tarta and Daedalus, besides many others. The race of trotters thus produced became a distinct type in about thirty years, and, curiously enough, since that period all attempts to improve the breed by fresh blood, whether Arab, English,. POSTING RUSSIA. French, or Dutch, have failed. Count Alexis was most unwilling to sell any of his best sires, and at his death, in 1808, he provided by his will that none should be disposed of In 1845 the prohibition was removed, when Government bought from his daughter and heiress the Krenothan .stud ; and now it is calculated that there are no fewer than 1,600 private studs in Russia, with nearly 6,000 stallions, and upwards of 50,000 mares, from whom the Orloff trotters are ; The Orloff trotters are net esteemed as they were formerly, because in harness-horses action is more required than pace, and even in pace they cannot approach American trotters. Besides the Orloff trotters, the Orloff nags or saddle-horses are celebrated. These also descend from. 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 Sidney, Samuel, 1813-1883. London ; New York : Cassell,
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