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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 530

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rhaps identical with the ambling, sofreely alluded to inthe literature of theMiddle Ages, whileit is noticeable to-day in many of theCossack horses. Oflate years a greatnumber of Ameri-can pacers havebeen imported intoEngland, and theymay be seen anyday in cabs andcarts; indeed, thewriter has even… … Trotting.{From a sketch by nearis im-portant to bear in mind that many Americanhorses are able to move with either action, aset of lighter shoes often sufficing to converta trotter into a pacer, indeed it is customaryto force such animals to keep to the paceby hobbling the legs of a side with…

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