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as Gregory Wilkes, Electione r, Happy Medium, Abdallah 15, Robert Mc 

 Gregor, Almont. Belmont, Nutwood. Dictator, etc. (2) Mambrino Chief, 

 including Mjimbrino Patchen, Clark Chief, etc. (3) Clay, founded by 

 Andrew Jackson, and tracing to Arabian ancestry and including, among 

 the most noted, The Moor, Henry Clay, Young Clay, Pilot, etc. (4| 

 Morgan, founded by Justin Morgan, of which Ethan Allen, Daniel Lam- 

 bert, Ben Franklin, and General Knox are the most noted. (5) Pilot, 

 the most noted of which was Pilot, Jr. The Hambletonian blood when, 

 fused with any of these has been especially prolific in producing perform- 

 ers. — 



Characteristics. — As already noted the chief characteristic of Uic breed 

 is speed at the trotting gait. Prepotency to reproduce speed lias been, 

 highly developed and endurance, ambition and conformation, suited to the 



TROTiING DROOD MARE ERAL.MA AND FOAL. 



work, go w ith it. The best specimens of the breed have intelligent heads, 

 light necks, low, deep chests, sloping shoulders, long forearm short can- 

 nons, well sprung ribs, strong loins, long croup, long, strongly muscled 

 thighs, dense bone and prominent tendons. In some families size and 

 quality have been largely secrificod to speed; in others these points have 

 been preserved and enhanced so that the individuals are fit for carriage 

 work, although less noted for speed. 



Utilitj/. — Carriage horses, roadsters and pacers are all ]iroduced within 

 the confines of the trotting breed. For the production of race track per- 

 formers, established lines of brood must be followed, and the type pro- 

 duced in such effort in unlike that of the stylish carriage or co9,cl| 

 horse. The latter types require sires and dams of large size, high,, or 



