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youngest of Old Kate's foals, won a race in 1880, in 2-29,' 

 and Bona Fide has no record, but is a trotter; all these 

 colts by R}sdyks Hambleionian, and Old Kate, of whose 

 breeding nothing is known. Some men we hear speak 

 very regretfully on account of the deaths of such sires as 

 Rysdyks Hambletonian, Blue Bull, Ethan Allen, George 

 Wilkes, etc., as though there would never be another sire 

 capable of producing a first-class trotter, but I believe 

 that to-day there are ten stallions calculated and capable 

 of siring as fast and game trotters as any of the dead 

 heroe^ proved themselves capable of doing, to where 

 there was one such sire fifteen years ago. All there is 

 necessary to prove this asseriion is time and opportunity. 

 We vv^ould not detract from the fame of the dead heroes 

 above alluded to, if we could. At the same time, I believe 

 in according to the living and vigorous representatives 

 now in the stud, the opportunity they deserve, believing 

 that the time is not far distant, when some trotter or 

 pacer will do a mile in two minutes, and moreover, I be- 

 lieve that there will appear upon the trottmg and pacing 

 horizon within the next three years, a double team that 

 will wipe out all previous records, any way of going, and 

 both horses go the same gait, or in other words, no run- 

 ning mate will be employed. 



