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The best of the*Canadians that ever came to the States 

 was, probably, Pilot, a black pacing and trotting horse whose 

 descendants inherited trotting speed. He was often distin- 

 guished as Old Pacer Pilot. Wallace's American Stud Book 

 says of him: "Foaled about 1826. Nothing is 'known of 

 his pedigree. He was called a Canadian horse, and both 

 trotted and paced; at the latter gait, it is said, he went in 

 2m. 26s. with 165 pounds on his back. He was bought 

 about 1832 by Major O. Dubois, from a Yankee peddler in 

 New Orleans for $1000. He was afterwards sold to D. Hein- 

 sohn, of Louisville, Ky., and was kept in that vicinity until he 

 died about 1855. His stock were very stout and fast." As 

 nothing is known of his pedigree, and as he was in all ap- 

 pearance a genuine Cannuck, it is likely that he did not owe 

 anything to Messenger. One of his get, Alexander's Pilot, 

 Jr., out of Nancy Pope by Havoc, was the sire of many fast 

 trotters, the fastest of which was John Morgan, out of a mare 

 by Medoc and he by American Eclipse. The dam of Mam- 

 biino Pilot was also by Pilot, Jr., and, like John Morgan, 

 was of Messenger descent on the dam's side. Though the 

 best of the descendants of Old Pilot are part Messenger, 

 there is none of that blood in Pilot, Jr., and it must be con- 

 fessed that Old Pilot sired some very good horses that took 

 the trotting all from himself. 



Another horse of Canadian origin, though not a Cannuck, 

 deserves notice in this connection. Royal George, called 

 "Warrior before he came to the States, the sire of the fast 

 stallion Toronto Chief, and several other good trotters, 

 was a native of Canada and probably out of a Cannuck mare, 

 but his sire was Black Warrior, and he by an imported Eng- 

 lish horse. 



Some very good colts have been bread out of Cannucks 

 by good trotting stallions. Thus the celebrated sons of Rys- 

 dyk's Hambletonian, Bruno and the Brother of Bruno, and 

 their full sister Brunette, are out of a Canadian mare. At 

 three years old Bruno made the astonishing time of 2m. 39s. 

 in harness. At four years old, 2m. 30s. and 2m. 34s. At six 

 years old he trotted to the pole with Brunette, seven years 

 old, on the Fashion course in 2m. 35 1-4. 



Gift, a chestnut gelding by Mambrino Pilot, was out of a 

 small pacing Cannuck. At four years old he received five for- 

 feits and challenged through the Spirit of the Times any colt of 

 the same age to trot in harness or to wagon for $1000, with- 

 out being accepted. Though these colts are out of Canadian 

 mares, it must be considered that the mares themselves were 



