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which were superior to all others as sires were 

 got in the next eight years. 



Happy Medium was foaled in 1863 and 

 lived twenty-five years. He was in one race 

 at the age of five and in two races at the age 

 of six. At the age of sixteen he was sold to 

 the man who owned Almont and who never 

 drove stallions. The important sons of 

 Happy Medium were got within the space of 

 six years, the center point of which is the date 

 of transfer from one owner to the other. 



Without multiplying cases of the same kind 

 let us see what those cited really mean. 

 Collectively these six horses had several thou- 

 sands of offspring and several tens of thou- 

 sands of grandchildren. Considering those 

 grandchildren from the standpoint of energy, 

 more than three thousand of them became 

 standard performers, some of them being 

 2 : 10 trotters. Three thousand performers 

 are a good many, and they all belong to the 

 six cases cited. About one-half of these three 

 thousand performers, and practically all of 

 the highest quality, came from less than one 



