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pacing mare to race into the two minute list. It also 

 carried on through the sons and daughters of Peter 

 the Great as was shown by the tremendous speed 

 of Peter Manning the most remarkable fast trotter 

 that ever lived, Rose Scott, Hollyrood Walter, Peter 

 Maltby, Hollyrood Susan, Hanover's Bertha, and a 

 host of others. 



Canada contributed its sample of class in the 

 bunch of pacers bearing the Grattan Royal label. 

 Grattan Royal was discarded as a knee knocking 

 pacer until his get cleared the way to victory on the 

 race tracks. On account of it almost half of his life 

 was wasted. Still in time Lou Grattan and Roy 

 Grattan were followed by Tarzan Grattan, Jean Grat- 

 tan, Prue Grattan, Norman Grattan, Widow Grat- 

 tan and Grattan Bars. 



Among the early trotters Dexter was the most 

 conspicuous example of class in the light harness 

 horse. From the day he was broken to harness 

 Clara's colt had .the whiz and dash which stamp 

 champions as their own. Woodruff recognized it as 

 he developed the gelding while Doble reached the 

 zenith when he drove him in 2:17V4- The test of 

 the class in Dexter did not, however, stand out in 

 this performance as it did when he raced Ethan 

 Allen and running mate and forced the pair to go 

 in 2:15 to win. 



Still if Dexter is to be exploited what can be said 

 of Goldsmith Maid. She was also a world's cham- 

 pion and made her greatest campaign when she was 

 eighteen years old. To her race day was an old story. 



