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THE American trotting-horse is an example of a new breed of animals in process of formation. As yet it can hardly be called a definite breed in which the special and distinctive character is either fully developed in quality or satisfactorily fixed by heredity. Great progress has, however, been made, many individual animals have attained great speed, and all the better ones have derived their trotting excellence in part, at least, through heredity.
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The Evolution of the American Trotting-horse 1 . Nature 27, 609–611 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027609a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/027609a0