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harness horse and high stepper became a strong competi- 

 tor of the Hackney, and in some instances defeated the 

 latter in these classes. The result was that the govern- 

 ment realized the possibility of establishing a family or, in 

 time, a breed of heavy-harness horses as an offshoot of the 

 Standardbred trotter. The Colorado Experiment Station 

 conducted the work under the auspices of the Department 

 of Agriculture at Washington. Carmon 32917, a grandson 

 of Robert McGregor, 2 : 17J, is at the head of the stud. 

 Previous to purchase by the government, he had been a 

 prominent winner at leading horse-shows in the harness 

 classes under the name of Glorious Thunder Cloud. 



105. Use for breeding " cow ponies." At this point, 

 to indicate further the versatility of the Standardbred 

 trotter, it will not be out of place to mention the fact 

 that on many of the large cattle ranches, where " cow 

 ponies," as they are called, are in heavy demand, the 

 Standardbred trotter is being used as a sire in preference 

 to the Thoroughbred. The reason for this preference was 

 given the writer to be the better disposition of the Stand- 

 ardbred as compared with the Thoroughbred, said to be a 

 result of the restraint under which the trotting horse has 

 been held, and the necessity of a trotter having a control- 

 lable disposition. 



106. Distribution. Other governments have recognized 

 the worth of the Standardbred trotter, for recently those of 

 Japan and China have made large importations. Exten- 

 sive sales of Standardbred trotters of high merit have 

 been made to prominent horse-lovers and breeders in 

 Russia, France, Austria, Italy, Germany, England, Aus- 

 tralia and the South American countries. 



107. Organizations and records. The National Trot- 

 ting Association was organized in 1870. The office of the 



