This harness racer pulls a "sulky," a lightweight cart with two wheels. Two types of horses, trotters and pacers, compete in harness races. The trotter moves with a diagonal gait: front left leg and hind right leg in unison. The pacer moves with a literal gait: right front leg, right hind leg in unison, which produces a swaying motion.

Assyrian kings competed in harness races more than 3500 years ago. The early Olympic games featured chariot racing and the Romans watched as many as a dozen races a day at the Circus Maximus.

In 1857, Nathaniel Currier and James Ives became publishing partners in what was to become one of America's most historically significant chroniclers of American history from the 1850's to the 1880's. Currier & Ives recorded a wide range of subjects, events, and common happenings of American life. The firm employed many well known artists, but only a few of them are credited as the creator of their own images. The hand colored prints have become highly collectible and are found in many museums. The business closed in 1907 as new printing technologies and changing tastes emerged.

Medium : 1 print : lithograph

Created/Published : New York : Currier & Ives, 1893

Creator : Currier & Ives

Part of the Currier & Ives collection housed in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress

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