Front matter

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THE HORSE IN AMERICA

Original lithograph published by Currier & Ives. FLORA TEMPLE This remarkable mare was the first trotter to go a mile better than 2.20. For more than six years she was called “Queen of the Trotting Turf.” Nothing is known as to her breeding, but from 1853 to 1859 she beat all the good horses in the country. She was a light bay, 14⅛ hands in height, and weighed 835 pounds when in training.

The Horse IN AMERICA A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE VARIOUS TYPES COMMON IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH SOMETHING OF THEIR HISTORY AND VARYING CHARACTERISTICS

BY

JOHN GILMER SPEED

Illustrated

NEW YORK

McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.

MCMV

Copyright, 1905, by

McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.

Published, October, 1905

THIS BOOK

THE AUTHOR DEDICATES TO HIS FRIEND

COLONEL CLARENCE R. EDWARDS, U.S.A.

WHOSE INHERITED LOVE FOR HORSES HAS

BEEN CULTIVATED BY STUDY AND

STRENGTHENED BY PRACTICE