70 Dynamic Evolution 



kinds. This is an actual case which shows 

 that the man knew nothing of breeding 

 principles, and that his original success was 

 simply a lucky strike. 



In many respects the breeding of trotters 

 is the most remarkable business in the world. 

 In the breeding of other animals there are 

 certain strains noted for their excellence, 

 and these strains maintain their popularity 

 with breeders indefinitely through the years. 

 Not so with trotters. No man knows to-day 

 what family of trotters will be pre-eminent 

 to-morrow. Nearly every year sees some 

 extraordinary trotter arise from a wholly 

 unexpected source, and frequently from some 

 branch which never before produced any- 

 thing above mediocre ability. Popular fancy 

 follows the blood lines of the new phenomena, 

 and breeders keep pace with the popular 

 fancy by continually discarding what they 

 before selected, and selecting what they 

 before discarded. This striking contrast 

 between the results of breeding trotters and 

 the results of breeding other animals is 



