a1804 J. Tobin (1805) ii. i. 23 Carry a squeaking tythe pig to the vicar; Or jolt with higglers' wives the market trot, To sell your eggs and butter!
1856 13 497/1 The ex-groom..walked his pony on in silence..breaking occasionally into a market-trot.
1888 F. T. Elworthy at Jig-to-jog The slow pace of a horse; just faster than a walk—called sometimes ‘the market trot’.