Lexic.us

Definition of Trotting horse

1. Noun. A horse trained to trot; especially a horse trained for harness racing.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trotting Horse

Literary usage of Trotting horse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In 1863, the American trotting horse was an unknown quantity abroad, while since 1903, American trotting stock has been in demand in Europe. ..."

2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1904)
"The American trotting horse—that breed which was originated right here in our ... Surely the American trotting horse is one of the greatest breeds of horses ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"During the time when the horse-shows were perhaps most popular, about 1890, the breeding of the trotting horse was under a depression. ..."

4. Frank Forester's Horse and Horsemanship of the United States and British by Henry William Herbert (1857)
"HISTORY OF THE trotting horse. I NOW arrive, in the dne course of my subject, at what may be called, without fear of contradiction, the most truly ..."

5. The Horse of America in His Derivation, History and Development by John Hankins Wallace (1897)
"HOW THE trotting horse 18 BRED. Early trotting and pacing races—Strains of ... genesis of trotting-horse literature—The simple study of inheritance—The ..."

6. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1846)
"THE trotting horse. I CAN sport as fine a trotting horse as any swell in town, To trot you fourteen miles an hour, I'll bet you fifty crown; ..."

7. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1888)
"The facts, then, that the fast-trotting horse is distinctively an American production; that of all our breeds x>f horses the trotting horse is the only one ..."

8. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1846)
"THE trotting horse. I CAN sport as fine a trotting-horse as any swell in town, To trot you fourteen miles an hour, 111 bet you fifty crown; He is such a one ..."

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