130 Dynamic Evolution 



somewhat shortened as far as the immediate 

 production of early speed was concerned. 

 Under these conditions breeders could see 

 further, and there is now a growing sentiment 

 toward the use of highly developed sires and 

 dams for breeding purposes. They recognize 

 the fact that those horses which have records 

 are better as sires and dams than those 

 which have none. What the breeders do not 

 yet see, however, is that development is lost 

 by idleness, and that development may be 

 acquired in other ways than by racing on 

 the racetrack. The technical race record is 

 still considered the sole measurement of 

 development. 



