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seen that all the near crosses on the sire's side were from trotting stal- 

 lions of great and positive excellence, and that in the more distant 

 crosses the sire was a thoroug-hbred; and that, from first to last, the 

 dams have been either trotters or part-bred, but highly-bred, mares^ 

 and in no part of the pedigree is there a thoroughbred mare on the 

 maternal side. 



If the blood of the race-horse is to be employed in the development 

 of a trotting family, and jDarticularly of a trotting sire, I would employ 

 it in no other manner than as above illustrated. In this instance 

 it has mingled with the trotting strains in such a manner as to pro- 

 duce an animal, that while completely crossbred is at the same time as 

 homogeneous in his form and make-up as he is marked as a trotter and 

 producer. It is believed that his career as a stallion and trotter will 

 justify the approval here given to his blood composition. He em- 

 braces a large variety of trotting and pacing crosses, but they are all 

 of the class that fuse well together, and his thoroughbred crosses are 

 introduced in such a way as that the whole blend in a manner both 

 harmonious and yet retentive of the particular qualities of each of 

 the component parts in high degree. 



The philosophy of this kind of breeding must be apparent. The 

 whole process by which we breed from one type to another involves 

 the constant introduction of new elements to engraft upon an original. 

 By avoiding remote and extreme or violent crosses, we approach by 

 a gradual development the result desired. It can successfully be 

 accomplished in no other way. The blood of animals of fixed type 

 and positive characteristics, can be blended in no other manner. 

 While Mambrino Chief and Pilot Jr., from the facility and readiness 

 with which they each crossed on thoroughbred mares, seemed an 

 apparent exception to this principle, a close view of the results of 

 their crosses furnishes adequate proof of the correctness of the rule. 

 Their greatest successes were achieved in each case in the manner 

 above indicated. The reason for this, as well as the evidence of the 

 truth, is also seen in the fact that when the resort is to strictly thor- 

 oughbred mares, the success is greatest when those are selected that 

 have descended from the same original families in most part from 

 which originated the trotting sire. Thus the trotting sires of Messen- 

 ger descent show their affinity for mares by Bertrand, Woodjjecker, 

 Grey Eagle, American Eclipse, Post Boy, Medoc, and Lance. This 

 is simply because, from the likeness or similarity of their blood, the 

 guU to be spanned is not so wide. 



