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tion, some of them were in the hands of 

 young men who drove them recklessly about 

 the country in riotous sprees, some were 

 "butchered" in their training, and some were 

 owned by reputable breeders who made it a 

 practice to drive their stallions every day and 

 to occasionally speed them but not enough to 

 interfere with their stud duties. The number 

 of horses in this list which had their hips 

 knocked down or were otherwise injured by 

 reckless driving is surprisingly large. 



We will not here go into the details in 

 regard to the male ancestors of mares and of 

 geldings, and the female ancestors of all three 

 groups, — that has been done in articles previ- 

 ously published, — but we will close this 

 branch by tables covering all of them. 



Male A ncestors for 5 Generations 



Sires with Records Sires without Records 



No. Av. Ages No. Av. Ages 



58 Stallions. . . . 154 9.44 1000 15.10 



66 Mares 177 10.22 1077 14-65 



56 Geldings... .144 9.23 ' 7§3 13-97 



180 Trotters. .. .475 9.66 2860 14.62 



