Ii8 Dynamic Evolution 



the ability of these offspring to transmit 

 energy. 



Almont was foaled in 1864 and died in 

 1884. He was trained while young and got 

 an official record of 2 : 39J4 as a four-year- 

 old and an unofficial record of 2 : 32 as a 

 five-year-old. From the age of five to the 

 age of ten he was owned by a man who drove 

 him moderately but regularly, and from the 

 time he was ten to his death at the age of 

 twenty he was owned by a man who did not 

 drive him, or any of his other stallions used 

 for breeding. Almont's relative gain and 

 loss of energy during different periods of 

 time can be estimated from these facts. 



Omitting the sons with records, and con- 

 sidering only the ninety per cent, which had 

 no records but were used extensively for 

 breeding purposes, there were six sons which 

 somewhat exceeded the others as sires, 

 though no one of them sired more than fif- 

 teen performers. These six are concentrated 

 in the stud services of the sire from the age 

 of four to the age of thirteen. r A more 



