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first suggested — Carmon 32917, American Trotting Horse Register, 16 

 hands, weighing 1,200 pounds in fair condition, bay, with black points, 

 and no white markings, bred by Hon. Norman J. Colman of St. Louis. 



"The points of Cannon's conformation which deserve special mention 

 are his head and neck and hindquarters. His forehead is broad and full, 

 with a straight nose and face ; full, expressive eyes and well carried ears. 

 The neck is clean, muscular and well arched. The illustration does not 

 do him justice in these respects. In the hindquarters special attention 

 should be directed to the straight, broad croup and the muscular quarters 

 and lower thighs. The horse has an abundance of bone and substance, 

 but ample quality at the same time. His action is excellent. 



"A study of Carmon's pedigree shows that it is not a particularly 

 fashionable one from the standpoint of the man who is breeding solely 

 for speed. This is a pedigree from which one might expect a horse of 

 excellent conformation. Robert McGregor, for example, was a horse with 

 especially well developed hindquarters, and this characteristic is seen in 

 his sons and grandsons, as shown by Cresceus and Carmon. Abdellah 

 XV. was a horse with a particularly attractive head and neck. The 

 frequency with which the Abdallah cross appears in Carmon's pedigree 

 and the presence of Morgan, Mambrino Chief and Clay blood readily ex- 

 plain where this horse gets his handsome head and neck and his full quar- 

 ters and stifles. These families have produced some of our handsomest 

 horses. Their blood makes up nineteen-sixty-fourths of Carmon's pedi- 

 gree. 



- "The small percentage of pacing blood is worthy of particular no- 

 tice. Further, the prominent trotting sires in it have produced more 

 trotters than pacers, and Robert McGregor. x\bdallah XV. and Ethan 

 Allen are noteworthy for the small number of pacers sired by them or 

 produced by their sons and daughters. This is so small that they may 

 be regarded strictly as sires of trotters. Abdellah XV. and Ethan Allen 

 sired no pacers, and of the immediate get of Robert McGregor less than 

 10 per cent are pacers. 



"The horses purchased are on the farm of the Colorado Agricultural 

 College. In the management of the stud the most rigid selection will be 

 practiced, and no animals will be retained for breeding purposes that do 

 not conform to a high standard." 



