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or training, and come to their speed at an early age; 

 and for this reason many of them have been ruined as 

 colts by injudicious trainers who hurried them along 

 too fast. As race horses they are inferior to the family 

 of Peter the Great, presently to be described; but as 

 roadsters and " gentlemen's drivers " they are unsur- 

 passed. 



Arion by Electioneer, dam, Manette by Nutwood, 

 held the two-year-old record, and was sold to Mr. J. M. 

 Forbes for $125,000. He is a small but handsome 

 bay horse, and he has played an important part in the 

 recent development of the trotter, but mainly as a 

 brood-mare sire. He sired the dam of Bingara, and 

 also the noted brood-mare Fanella. Great nervous 

 energy, but lack of size and substance are characteristics 

 of the Arion family. Among the best sons of Arion 

 are Nico and Lord Roberts. 



Walnut Hall, by Conductor, son of Electioneer, dam 

 by Red Wilkes, Is the sire of many fast horses, and 

 especially of The Harvester, 2.01 J^, considered by 

 some authorities the finest trotting stallion ever foaled. 

 The Harvester is still a young horse, but his colts are 

 very promising. His brother. Burning Star, is also a 

 horse of beautiful conformation and good size. Other 

 noted sires of the Electioneer family are: Chimes, 

 Mendocino, Expedition, Advertiser, Sphinx, Egotist, 

 Norval. 



THE PETER THE GREAT FAIMILY 



Peter the Great, a bay horse, standing 15.3, was 

 sired by Pilot Medium, a gray horse. His dam was 



