88 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



value of colt trotters, because of the large stakes, began to 

 receive more attention. Breeders also began to find out 

 that a horse might be a fine " looker " and at the same 

 time a good race horse or a getter of fine " lookers " and 

 race horses. 



This brings us down to the present era, during which 

 the modern breeder seeks performance, individuality and 

 pedigree, and it is all traceable to the several stages of 

 evolution through which the breed has gone. To guide 

 the beginner in breeding, it may be said that nearly all 

 the families must necessarily be embraced in up-to-date 

 breeding operations, for the history of the breed will show 

 that they nearly all have desirable qualities that should 

 be apparent in the modern representation of the Standard- 

 bred horse. 



94. Families. The origin and importance of the 

 heads of the several prominent trotting families has been 

 discussed above. It remains only to call attention to the 

 notable horses of each family. 



95. The Hambletonian family, through the male 

 line, includes the following sons of Hambletonian 10, 

 (1) Electioneer, the sire of many producing sons. In 

 summing up the standing of the families in regard to the 

 production of colt trotters, Volunteer, in a very able tab- 

 ulation, 1 gives Electioneer second place to George Wilkes, 

 with thirty-three sires and seventy-one performers. 



(2) George Wilkes, the sire of many notable producing 

 sons and the champion trotting stallion, in 1 868-7 1 . In the 

 production of colt trotters, Volunteer gives this sire first 

 place, with forty-seven sires and ninety-eight performers. 



(3) Abdallah 15, and sire of many notable producing 

 sons. Nutwood, son of Abdallah, leads all other sires as 



1 Horse Review, January 28, 1908. 



