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Title: American horses and horse breeding : a complete history of the horse from the remotest period in his history to date. The horseman's encyclopedia and standard authority on horses, embracing breeds, families, breeding, training, shoeing, and general management. The modern and practical horse doctor on the cause, nature, symptoms, and treatment of diseases of all kinds
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Dimon, John
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : J. Dimon
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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Seventy-live or eighty years ago no one could have beenmade to believe for a moment that a horse could ever trot afull mile inside of three minutes ; but now it is confidently ex-pected that an American trotter will make a mile in twominutes. In 1813 there were but two horses in America that could trota mile in 2.30, while in 1881 there were over twelve hundredthat could do it. In this country, we, as American horsebreeders, have not been satisfied to raise horses that wouldbeat our neighbors horses, but have been trying to beat OldFather Time himself. The time has passed when horses can command long priceson breeding and performances alone; they must combine withspeed and good breeding, good looks and symmetrical confor-mation, coupled with size sufficient to enable them to becomeuseful servants to man, in case their owners, like myself, are notsporting men; and the market calls for fast road, carriage, andbusiness horses, instead of fast trotters for sport or gamblingpurposes alone.
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CHAPTER XIII. CLEVELAND BAY. Origin and especial merits — As now bred — Demand in this country — Frenchcoach horses — The government stud of France — Wonderful kneeaction — Color. I)Sr conformation and general appearance these horses show a.wonderful similarity, and this fact, added to their largesize, great style, and fine dispositions, made them at an earlyday the carriage or park horse of the English aristocracy.The larger and heavier ones were selected to pull the old-fashioned English coaches across the country at the time whenrailways were unknown. The fertile district of Cleveland, from whence this breedtakes its name, became famous for their production, and foryears they were bred with the greatest care and discretion.Later on, when coaching became a thing of the past, this breedwas neglected. The mares were bred to thoroughbred horsesto produce saddle horses, hunters, and cavalry mounts. Theygave greater size and more bone than the thoroughbred pos-sessed, while t

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