TROTTERS. 



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of the Barb, Bashaw. Henry Clay's dam was a famous 

 trotter, but of unknown pedigree. The Clays have lately 

 fallen off in trotting popularity, chiefly because they are 

 considered to be somewhat faint-hearted. 



The Pilots are descended from a Canadian pacer called 

 Pilot. 



Vermont Black Hawk was a Morgan stallion. Mr. 

 Foster tells me that the Vermont Black Hawks are the 



Photo by] [" American Horse Breeder." 



Fig. 565. — Mr. C. G. K. Billings's iive-year-old chestnut mare, Lou Dillon {2.00), 

 champion American trotter; stands 15. i high. Millard Sanders driving. 



handsomest, most persistent and best-gaited of all trotters, 

 but not the fastest. He considers them the best road 

 horses in the world. Their only fault is that, like other 

 Morgans, they are too small to fetch high prices. As a 

 rule they stand from 14.2 to 15 hands. Those who knew 

 Ethan Allen (2.25^^), who was by Vermont Black Hawk, 

 say that he never had a superior for beauty and style of 

 going. He did a mile in 2.15, when hitched to a wagon 

 alongside a running mate. 



