CHAPTER XXXI.

HOW THE TROTTING HORSE IS BRED.

Early trotting and pacing races—Strains of blood in the

first known trotters—The lesson of Maud S.—The genesis of

trotting horse literature—The simple study of inheritance—The

different forms of heredity—The famous quagga story not

sustained—Illustrations in dogs—Heredity of acquired

characters and instincts—Development of successive generations

necessary—Unequaled collections of statistics—Acquired injuries

and unsoundness transmitted 456-479

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