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LADY THORN was noted for speed and bottom, both repre- 

 sented in three lines of descent from Messenger, and three from 

 Uiomed, she being almost thorough-bred. 



MA MERINO PILOT is the most distinguished son of Mambrino 

 Chief. His color was brown, his size large and pony built, of 

 matchless form and power, and graceful in every motion and 

 attitude. He inherits three crosses of Messenger, two of Dio- 

 med, and one of Old Pilot, through Pilot, Jr. 



We might continue illustrations and histories of noted mem- 

 bers of the Mambrino family, but space forbids. For the facts 

 and matter given above on the trotting-horse we are largely 

 indebted to Stonehenge and McLure. 



Running Blood in Trotters. At this time there seem 

 to be two schools of theorists as to the element that makes the 

 winning blood among trotters. 



One holds that the running horse gives the trotting power in 

 all winners thus far developed. For proof they adduce the fact 

 that every distinguished trotter runs back and is intimately 

 connected with the running horse. Of this school, Wallace is 

 the head. 



On the other hand, J. H. Sanders leads the school that holds 

 the trotter of America to be indebted partly and indirectly to 

 the thorough-bred for pluck and endurance, and more directly 

 for the trotting instinct or tendency to the well-developed breed 

 of trotters for which America has become famous. In proof of 

 this they cite cases innumerable almost where trotters have be- 

 come noted, and have no thorough-bred cross since the days of 

 Messenger, and others that have not had a thorough-bred cross 

 since the days of Mambrino. In fact, recent attempts to improve 

 the trotters of this day by a new cross of thorough-bred have 

 invariably proven disastrous. 



The trotting quality has become so well fixed in many fam- 

 ilies by selection and development, that breeders of trotters 

 to-day, as a general rule, prefer that no thorough-bred blood 

 be found since the days of Lexington or Mambrino Chief. 

 Jay-Eye-See, Phallas, and Majolica are the sensational trotters 

 of 1883. 



