io The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



thoughts to breeding and development. Year 

 after year a greater number of mares were bred, 

 and who can tell of the anxious days of anticipa- 

 tion ? After the safe delivery of the colt hope 

 began to expand, and every change of form from 

 babyhood to maturity was followed with deepest 

 interest. The disappointments outnumbered the 

 successes, but they stimulated the breeder to 

 try again. He was determined to rise above 

 failure. If he sold a promising young horse, he 

 did not lose interest in it. He kept in touch 

 with it through reports in journals which chroni- 

 cled events of the track, and each victory brought 

 a glow of pleasure to his face. Thousands of 

 foals pressed with tiny hoofs the clover blossoms 

 of spring and summer, which never trotted or 

 paced a mile in 2.30, but the motto was to per- 

 severe, and the dream was nursed of finally 

 producing championship form. The long road 

 from three minutes to two minutes ran through 

 shadow as well as sunshine, but the accomplish- 

 ment was worth millions of heart-beats, because 

 the light-harness horse is recognized the world 

 over as one of the greatest triumphs of the 

 industrial life of America. 



