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confirmed pacers, and it will be interesting to see what the 

 resnlt of breeding from him will be. Mr. Wallace gives it 

 as his opinion that a large proportion of his stock will be 

 pacers. 



Young Pocahontas, for which Mr. Bonner gave a prom- 

 ising son of Rysdyck's Hambletonian and $35,000, was out 

 of the pacing wonder. Old Pocahontas, by Ethan Allen. 

 The dam paced in 2:17, if I remember aright, and the sire 

 trotted his great race, with a running mate, in 2:15. The 

 progeny from this cross (Young Pocahontas or Nemon) is 

 one of t]ie fastest trotters, as well as one of the most beau- 

 tiful ever bred. I believe that at tlie time Mr. Bonner pur- 

 chased her of M*-. Bates, he paid the liighest price ever 

 paid, up to that time, for a trotter. 



We will now consider another class of horses. Their 

 blood, or characteristics, are not so clearly defined, or so 

 uniform, as either class lieretofore mentioned as havins been 

 crossed witli the Morgan. I refer to the trotting families. 

 Probably the blood of no one horse is so generally found 

 among these horses as the blood of old imported Messen- 

 ger, and, no doubt, is often claimed when it does not exist. 

 These families are so various, and there are such varj'ing 

 characteristics among them, that it is impossible to describe 

 them as a class. Embraced among these families are all 

 sizes, colors, tempers and builds. Often in a single sub- 

 division or family will be found almost as great a variety of 

 animals. Some make most excellent horses of all work, 

 some make excellent carriage horses, saddle horses, team 

 horses. Many of them can be used for a variety of duties. 

 A few make very fast trotters, many make good driving 



