THE AMERICAN RACE HORSE. 107 



been the product of the brains, judgment and skill of his success- 

 ive masters. Parents were selected that could go out and win 

 the prizes from their fellows. The next generation was not only 

 the product of running parents, but parents that were from run- 

 ning families. Thus grew up the pedigree of the race horse 

 under the direction of thought and judgment. Pedigrees are prac- 

 tical things and full of winners, and in no sense made more valu- 

 able by having some supposed "Arabian" cross away back ten 

 generations, that never ran in his life. 



