BREEDING THE TROTTER 



problem of reproduction, and so I have given as 

 much thought to her selection as to that of the 

 stallion. 



" I do not see how I can fail, by grafting the 

 best qualities of one family upon the best qualities 

 of another family, to produce a superior breed of 

 horses. I believe in giving to the foal t Incapacity 

 to trot young, but I am opposed to the abuse of 

 this capacity. I shall not, as a rule, impose a 

 strain upon the colts which the joints and liga- 

 ments are in no condition to sustain, therefore 

 few reports of fast trials of yearlings and two- 

 year-olds will go out from Village Farm. The 

 man who waits upon a colt until it matures will 

 have the satisfaction of owning an animal able to 

 stand the wear and tear of the road and track." 



BEAUTY AND SPEED. 



Mr. Hamlin was continually preaching, through 

 his catalogues and the public prints, his doctrine 

 of combining beauty and speed. In his 1885 

 catalogue he says : 



1 The get of a very large percentage of the plain 

 trotting stallions now in use in this country have 

 no speed, and, being without beauty or other 

 attractive qualities, can be marketed only for 

 street railroad and other ordinary purposes at 

 prices that do not pay the breeder one-half what 

 it costs to raise them. This is the cause of a great 

 number of breeders becoming disgusted with the 

 business," 



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