Excerpt from Recollections of Men and HorsesProducts in the United States for that year was - nearly double the gross earnings of the railroads added to the value of the production of all the mines of the country for the same period. This official statement opened the eyes of feverish municipalities to the importance of agricultural life. The value of horses owned by farmers is placed at In 1905 horses increased in num ber to and in value to The type of the farm horse has been elevated' by the dissemination of blood, the Virtue of which was proved by the sharpest of physical tests. For genera tions the progressive farmer has striven to excel in the creation of an animal combining activity With strength, and his trial ground has been the road and oval at the County or District Fair. He has labored unceasingly to eliminate the running gait, and to establish the trotting gait. The harness horse, not the saddle horse, has been his hope and pride. It is only in the large city, Where speculation, mildly speak ing, borders on the hysterical, that the running horse is a popular favorite. The farmers, Who dominate the national life, gather at the tracks of smaller.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.