i8o The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



Here the influence of the pacing ancestry was 

 more in evidence. 



The closer we inquire into the brother busi- 

 ness the more we are puzzled at some of its 

 vagaries. Is it not true that each organism 

 possesses the power of reacting on the different 

 external influences with which it is brought in 

 contact? Impressions made upon the mind of 

 the future mother in the nuptial hour may shape 

 to some extent the fortunes of the foal. And 

 nutrition is an influence that cannot be ignored. 



I was in St. Louis when Lady Russell, sister 

 of Maud S., started to California to form a closer 

 acquaintance with Electioneer. It was a union 

 which I had urged upon Mr. Brodhead, as well 

 as Senator Stanford, because it would result in 

 the commingling of the blood of the two great 

 brood mares, Miss Russell and Green Mountain 

 Maid, and naturally I was gratified at the news. 

 The message came by wire from Woodburn that 

 Lady Russell and the mares that accompanied 

 her might be stopped and exhibited at the 

 famous St. Louis Fair, and no time was lost 

 in advising the public of this fact. The distin- 

 guished mares from the most renowned of Ken- 

 tucky breeding farms received an ovation on 



