The Horse in America

The Horse in America is described as a practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristics, by John Gilmer Speed. A caption describes Flora Temple as a remarkable mare, the first trotter to go a mile better than 2.20, who for more than six years was called Queen of the Trotting Turf. The text says the Denmark can be turned out whenever desired to go only the three gaits, walk, trot, and canter.

The text says the running-walk is not hard upon the horse, and that it is the easiest of all on the rider. The text says that when Morgan's men, during the Civil War, were making those wonderful raids, they were generally mounted on these Kentucky-bred horses. The text says: We have not exercised the scientific intelligence in breeding that some European people have done. The text says that without good horses for cavalry the efficiency of an army is very much crippled.