ORIGIN OF AMERICAN TROTTING HORSES 147 



successes at the International Horse Shows have been 

 so great — with this fact that he has gone to the very 

 highest source, and bred from a winner of the Derby, in 

 confident hope of still further improving the type of trotter. 

 The result of the alliance of the standard-bred Chiquito 

 (by Almonarch 3234 out of Corona), with Common (by 

 Isonomy out of Thistle), has been Gosudar, whose good 

 looks are worthy of his distinguished parentage, and who 

 should have a great future before him. With regard to 

 Mr. Wallace's remarks it should be kept in mind that dis- 

 crimination must be used in selecting thoroughbred horses 

 to cross on trotting mares, for many families of race-horses 

 have neither the aptitude nor the inclination for this gait, 

 and it is only courting failure to resort to these. When 

 wisely selected the magnificent qualities referred to by 

 Mr. Wallace are of inestimable value to any breed for 

 whatever purpose it may be required.* 



The first volume of Wallace's Trotting Register was 

 issued in 1871, and The National Association of Trotting 

 Horse Breeders was formed in 1876. A rival Stud Book 

 arose in 1881, under the editorship of J. H. Sanders, The 

 Breeders Trotting Stud Book. The American Trotting 

 Register Association eventually bought up the older interests 

 of Mr. Wallace, The National Association of Trotting 

 Horse Breeders passed away, and The Breeders Trotting 

 Stud Book was also amalgamated in a more com- 

 prehensive scheme. 



In 1870 began the nucleus of the National Trotting 

 Association, and in 1887 the American Trotting Associ- 

 ation sprang up, which two bodies now control the sport 

 and race under the same rules, while the American Trotting 



'•' This principle was well kept in mind by Mr. Winans when choosing 

 a mate for Chiquito, for he mentions in a letter, July 12, 1909 : " The 

 reason I bred Chiquito to Common was because the late Sir Blundell 

 Maple kindly let me send the mare to Common, as he "said, " Common is a 

 very fast trotter, and inclined to continue trotting when urged to go 

 faster, instead of at once breaking into a canter like most thorough- 

 breds." With such a foundation to build upon, the fruit of that union 

 may prove to have a very far-reaching effect in the trotting world in 

 years to come. 



