TROTTING FAMILIES. 47 



stock, except when this blood was qualified by that of 

 high-bred horses. The great Smuggler * was of pacing- 

 thoroughbred descent. Both Maud S. and Jay-Eye-See 

 are descended on the maternal side from a Canadian 

 pacer. Their grandsire was Pilot, or, as he is now 

 more commonly called, Old Pacing Pilot, — a Canadian 

 horse with all the characteristics of that race. He 

 was coal-black, with a long, thick, " wavy " mane and 

 tail, and hairy fetlocks. He stood a little under fifteen 

 hands. His head was plain, but not coarse, his neck 

 fairly long ; he had a sloping rump, and his hocks were 

 Avell let down. He was a very muscular, compactly 

 built, stout, tough horse, full of "character," and he 

 could pace a mile in 2.26, carrying a weight of one 

 hundred and sixty pounds on his back. Pilot was a 

 typical Canadian, descended probably from Xorman 

 horses brought into Canada by the French, and ren- 

 dered smaller, tougher, and longer-haired by the 

 severe climate and rough fare. 



By far the best son of Old Pacing Pilot was Pilot 

 Jr., a handsome gray horse, whose dam was Nancy 

 Pope, a Diomed mare, nearly if not quite thorough- 

 bred ; and it was Pilot Jr. who sired the dams of both 

 Maud S. and Jay-Eye-See. 



There is another trotting family descended from a 

 pacer, which is far more numerous though somewhat 

 less distinguished than the family of Pilot Jr. Many 

 years ago there w r as in the mountainous part of Ohio 

 an extraordinary looking horse owned by a man named 

 Merring. This horse was dubbed "Merring's Blue 

 Bull " by the local wag, — " Blue " on account of his 

 color (which was that rare shade commonly known 



1 See page 100. 



