TROTTERS. 



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The Monk (2.05I). Every one of the ten trace closely 

 to Hambletonian, some several times. Eight of the ten 

 trace also to Mambrino Chief^ some a number of times. 

 There is not one whose dam or grandam is a running-bred 

 mare. There is but one, Azote, which is sired by a stallion 

 that has a running mare for a dam. Whips, his sire, is a 

 son of the great Electioneer, out of a running mare, but 

 Azote traces three times to Hambletonian, once through 



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Photo bij] ["Baker Art Gallery, Columbus, O. 



Fig. 566. — Mr. George Ketcham's Cresceus (2.02;^). 



his sire and twice through his dam. This trotting blood 

 was strong enough to neutralize the running blood he 

 received through his sire's dam. 



" These fast records plainly show it is a wiser plan to 

 breed to the fast-bred trotting blood, that which has 

 produced the fastest trotters, than to breed to stallions 

 that have a large percentage of running blood close up. 

 A little running blood far removed may not entirely 

 eradicate the trotting instinct. But if a large proportion 



