See quotation.
1858. Horse-racing is not a republican institution; horse-trotting is…. Wherever the trotting horse goes, he carries in his train brisk omnibuses, lively bakers’ carts, and therefore hot rolls, the jolly butcher’s wagon, the cheerful gig, the wholesome afternoon drive with wife and child,—all the forms of moral excellence, except truth, which does not agree with any kind of horse-flesh. The racer brings with him gambling, cursing, swearing, drinking, the eating of oysters, and a distaste for mob-caps and the middle-aged virtues.—Holmes, ‘The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table,’ ch. ii. (Italics in the original.)
