CHAPTER XXXIII. 



HOW THE TROTTING HORSE IS BRED (Continued). 



Breeding the trotter intelligently an industry of modern development Pleth- 

 ora of turf papers, and their timidity of the truth The accepted theories, 

 old and new Failure of the "thoroughbred blood in the trotter" idea 

 "Thoroughbred foundations," and the Register "Like begets like," the 

 great central truth Long-continued efforts to breed trotters from runners 

 New York the original source of supply of trotting blood to all the 

 States Kentucky's beginning in breeding trotters R. A. Alexander, and 

 the founding of Woodburn The " infallibility " of Wood burn pedigrees 

 Refusal to enter fictitious crosses in the Register and the results The 

 genesis and history of the standard Its objects, effects and influence 

 Establishing the breed of trotters The Kentucky or "Pinafore" stand- 

 dard Its purposes analyzed The "Breeders' Trotting Stud Book" and 

 how it was compiled Failure and collapse of the Kentucky project 

 Another unsuccessful attempt to capture the Register How honest 

 administration of the Register made enemies The National Breeder's 

 Association and the Chicago Convention Detailed history of the sale and 

 transfer of the Register, the events that led up to it, and the results 

 Personal satisfaction and benefits from the transfer, and the years of rest 

 and congenial study in preparing this book The end. 



ALL that American breeders know about producing the trot- 

 ting horse they have learned in the past twenty-five years. In 

 that short period this interest has developed from practically 

 nothing into a great national industry that has placed this coun- 

 try in front of all the nations of the earth in the character, qual- 

 ity and speed of the light harness horse. It is true we had the 

 "raw material" out of which to build up this new breed, and this 

 had been in our possession we may say for generations, but we 

 didn't know how to use it. There may be some apparent indeli- 

 cacy in making the remark, but I think every intelligent man 

 who is acquainted with the subject will sustain me in saying that, 

 had it not been for the compilation of the "Trotting Register" 

 .and Wallace's Monthly, with the facts, statistics and reasonings 

 which were developed through them, we would know no more 

 .about the trotter to-day than we did thirty years ago. The trot- 



