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Show ( NEW STYLE PROPOSED j FOR HARNESS RACING Combined Speed and Stamina of Carriage Horses to Be Tested and Developed. , NEW YORK, Jan7. Arrangements are now being made to introduce nex, fccason a new style of trotting races for testing and developing the combined peed and stamina of the American carriage horse. Eriefly stated, the plan la to have trotting races in heavy harness at the leading horse shows where the tracks are large enough, and to make such races a feature of some of the principal trotting trot-ting meetings also. The men who are behind the movement purpose to introduce races for runabouts, gigs, phaetons, breaks, coaches and other vehicles, Fuch as are commonly used for pleasure driving, with full toe-weights, overdraw checks and all other artificial appliances barred. The horses will be required to go various distances from one mile up to twelve or fifteen miles. |