BREEDING THE TROTTER 



In the 1891 catalogue he had more to say on the 

 same subject : 



" I wish briefly to direct attention to a few 

 points which, in my judgment, are of the greatest 

 moment to the breeding world. The crowning 

 ambition of every breeder is to produce a perfect 

 horse, but it is evident to careful observers that 

 much must be accomplished before the hope is 

 realized. Progress is not dead, but some breeders 

 are more progressive than others. The cardinal 

 points in the make-up of a perfect horse are 

 beauty, size, strength, endurance, intelligence, 

 speed and balance. The absence of any of these 

 points would cause the animal to fall short of the 

 standard of perfection." 



DEVELOPED SIRES. 



About this time Mr. Hamlin became convinced 

 that hard-racing campaigns sap the vitality of a 

 stallion and make him undesirable for a stock 

 horse. These views, when they appeared in the 

 Turf, Field and Farm, were widely criticised. 

 He continued the controversy in his 1888 cata- 

 logue in which he says : 



* ' All breeders are more or less rivals, each being 

 anxious to excel the other. This being the case, 

 I feel privileged to say a few words about the 

 claims put forward by the owners of other stal- 

 lions, especially those stallions with fast records. 

 I combat the theory that stallions with low records 

 are of the highest value for breeding purposes. I 

 contend that the fastest and gamest performers 



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