This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...arose how he should be taken away. He was finally put into the body of the carriage and covered with a shawl. A few bread crumbs were fed him from time to time, and he reached his new home without difficulty. PART 2. Some horses, like some men, have become famous, and we must remember their names. Alexander the Great ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ...arose how he should be taken away. He was finally put into the body of the carriage and covered with a shawl. A few bread crumbs were fed him from time to time, and he reached his new home without difficulty. PART 2. Some horses, like some men, have become famous, and we must remember their names. Alexander the Great had a horse whose name was Bucephalus. Without this horse, it is said, Alexander could never have conquered the world. Bucephalus would allow no other than his master to handle or to ride him; but for Alexander he would even drop on his knees to be mounted. Other horses have earned great names by their speed. Nearly two hundred years ago, Flying Childers was the name of the swiftest horse then known. He lived in England until he was twenty-six years old. Next after him the swiftest runner was Eclipse, who died at the age of twenty-five. In this country, sixty years ago, the American Eclipse was the horse of.fleetest foot. He, too, reached the age of twenty-five. Each of these horses could run a mile in less than two minutes, or go as fast as a mail-train of cars. Of more recent thorough-bred horses Ten Broeck, whose photographic likeness is given on page 99, is a fine example. His color was bright bay. When you look at him you see all that is best in the horse of the Arab and the famous runners of former days. His single mile was made in one minute thirty-nine and three quarter seconds. He died in 1887 at the age of fifteen. America has produced the famous trotters. When a horse goes much faster than a walk, it is natural for him to break into a gallop or a running gait. Rapid trotting, when it came, was something new. It began in 1818 with Boston Blue, a horse who created great excitement by trotting a mile in three minutes. In 1859, Flora Tem...
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